Imperialism throughout world history

What is Imperialism  Types  Features--benefits  Features—costs  Points of view

Han Dynasty

 200 BCE-200 CE  Current day China, Manchuria, Korea  Set up essential Chinese govt syst  Civil Service  Great Wall  Silk Road  Ruled by Wudi

Han Dynasty

Alexander the Great

Roman Empire

 40 BCE-300 CE  Military  North Africa, ME, Western Europe  Markets, Mediterannean  Law Codes  Trade

Roman Empire  Pax Romana  Roads, aquaducts  Law codes  Trade

Roman Empire

Byzantine Empire

 300 CE-1000 CE  Justinian’s code  Cyrillic alphabet  Eastern Orthodox…Greek and Russian  Preserved Greek & Roman Culture

Byzantine Empire  Architecture  Art

Gupta Empire

 CE  Central gov’t  United much of India  Golden Age

Gupta Empire  Zero  Decimal place  Value of pi  Arabic numerals  Medicine-surgery, plastic surgery, vaccines

Gupta Empire

Islamic Empire

 CE  Muhammad  Umayyad & Abbrid  ME, India, N Africa, Spain  Preserved Greek & Roman culture

Islamic Empire  Art-calligraphy, mosques  Religious toleration  Math-algebra, astronomy  Education (studied diseases, hospitals)  Moors

Mongols

Mongols  China  Ghengis Khan  Large land empire  Asia, Korea, Peria, India  Spread of Chinese technology  Pax Mongolia

Mongols  Silk roads, trade  Marco Polo  Russia, Kiev (250 years of isolation)  Tribute system

Age of Exploration

 1500s-1700s  Gold, glory & God  Aztec & Incas  Triangle trade  Mercantilism  Encomienda system  Cash crops

Age of Exploration  Triangle Trade  Columbian Exchange  Language  Rich & Poor  Afrikaners, Slave trade, racism

Napoleon

Napoleon  Early 1800s  Econ-prices, industry  Eduation  Legal code (equality, religious tolerance)  Spread of Enlightenment ideas

Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary  s  Balkans

Ottoman Empire

 Middle East

Japanese Empire

 Meiji Restoration  Need for resources

New versus Old Imperialism  Economic system  Where?  products

Causes of New Imperialism  Social Darwinism  Nationalism  White Man’s Burden  Industrial Revolution  Military bases  Missionaries

Africa  Conference of Berlin  Why not earlier  Resources?  Borders  Boer War

Asia  India  Sepoy rebellion  Raj  India National Congress  China  Opium Wars  Treaty of Nanking  Spheres of Influence  Boxer rebellion

British Empire

WWI & WWII  How did imperialism lead to WWI?  What happened after WWI?  What int’l policy did Hitler, Mussolini and Japan pursue?  What happened to imperialism after WWII  What problems/challenges remain (legacies)  Still exists today?