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3956808317Abdul Hamid IISultan who came to power in 1867 and tried to stop revolutions in the Ottoman; falsely accused Armenians of rebelling w/o authority; allowed the Muslims to attack Armenians0
3956808318Boxer RebellionA 1900 Uprising in China aimed at ending foreign influence in the country.1
3956809578CixiEmpress of China who resisted change as Europeans took over her nation.2
3956809651CohongSpecially licensed Chinese firms that were under strict government regulation3
3956816233Matthew PerryA commodore in the American navy. He forced Japan into opening its doors to trade, thus bringing western influence to Japan while showing American might.4
3956818730Crimean War19th century war between the Ottomans and Russia. France, Britain, and Italians helped the Ottomans to defeat Russia but it proved the growing weakness of the Ottoman Empire.5
3956818731DumaRussian Parliament6
3956821338Emancipation Manifestoabolished serfdom7
3956824176Fukuzawa YukichiMore than any other intellectual, he popularized Western thought, ideas and customs8
3956829972Hundred Days ReformsKang Youwei and Liang Qichao wanted to industrialize Chin9
3956833133Ito HirobumiHe went on to become Japan's first prime minister10
3956833134Lin Zexu19th-century Chinese official charged during the 1830s with ending the opium trade in southern China; set off the events leading to the Opium War.11
3956836682Mahmud II19th Ottoman sultan who built a private, professional army; crushed the Janissaries and initiated reforms on Western precedents.12
3956836683Meji RestorationModernization of Japan13
3956839732Muhammad AliNot a modern nationalist, but this Egpytian figure is seen as the father of modern Egypt and made modernizing reforms in the military, economic and cultural spheres during the 19th century.14
3956839733MutshitoMushito was the emporor of Japan. He helped to reform Japan by creating a new, modern army.15
3956841198Nicholas IILast tsar of Russia, he went to the frontlines in WWI to try to rally the troops, but was forced to abdicate after his wife made horrible decisions under the influence of Rasputin.16
3956845324Opium War1839-1842. Chinese attempted to prohibit the opium trade, British declared war and won against Chinese. Treaty of Nanjing, agreed to open 5 ports to British trade and limit tariffs on British goods and gave Hong Kong.17
3956845325PogromsGovernment supported attacks against Russian Ashkenazim18
3956847932QingThe name of the last dynasty in China. They had ruled in China since 1644.19
3956849553Sergei WitteA tough finance minister who thought that Russia's industrial backwardness was threatening Russia's power and greatness20
3956849554Sultan Selim IIIthe first Ottoman leader to attempt to instate far-reaching reforms in 17921
3956855716Taiping Rebellion(1850-1864) A revolt by the people of China against the ruling Manchu Dynasty because of their failure to deal effectively with the opium problem and the interference of foreigners.22
3956856814Tanzimat EraTime of liberal reform from 1839-1876 in which the Ottoman Empire gave other religious groups greater equality but this was not enough to save the empire23
3956856857Treaty of NanjingThe treaty ending the Opium war, which was heavily favored toward the British. The Chinese were to pay 21 million dollars, give the British Hong Kong and to extend trading rights to the British.24
3956858907Tsar Aleksandr IIThe tsar and emperor of Russia; Aleksandr at first favored the Liberal reforms and freed the serfs. He was assassinated25
3956861934Young TurksYoung rebellious people in the Ottoman Empire who forced the Sultan to reform26
3956863354ZaibatsuThe large family-controlled banking and industrial groups that owned many companies in Japan before World War II.27
3956866196Zemstovslocally elected assemblies, Russia28

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