Ways of the World" by Robert W. Strayer Chapter 19, Chapter 20 & Chapter 21

         Chapter 19 was about the Empires in Collision in Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia. I am going to just recap a few notes below with facts that really jumped out at me. 
        
        - China became a semi-colonial society after the Opium War. 
        - Japan, Ottoman Empire, Persia, Ethiopia and Latin America avoided to fall under European colonial empires. 
        - Atlantic slave trade vanished throughout the 19th century.
        - Slaves were viewed and treated like merchandise. 
        - British people move south from Egypt. 
        - Change in power caused the west to be in control of China trade and its demand and supply.
        - By the 20th century its economic growth. 
        - Anglo-Japanese Treaty of 1902: Japan was an equal player among the Great Powers of the                world. 
         - Japan was now an economic, political and military competitor in Asia.
         - 1905; Japan defeated Russia. 
         - Japanese extend into Taiwan/Imperialism Practices.
      Just some facts for this weeks reading, short and sweet!!
                                               (Strayer p.833-862)

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