Chapter 19 Empires in Collision: Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia 1800?1914 CHAPTER OUTLINE I. Opening Vignette A. The Opium War (1839?1842) in China continues to resonate emotionally with many Chinese. 1. Britain?s violent intrusion and sale of addictive opium to China?s people 2. began what Chinese still describe as a ?century of humiliation? B. Most peoples of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America had to deal in some way with European imperialism. C. This chapter focuses on societies that faced internal crises while maintaining formal independence. D. Four main dimensions of European imperialism confronted these societies: 1. military might and political ambitions of rival European states