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 | | A Short History on the Boer War | | by balisunset, Aug 30, 2008 | | Two conflicts waged by Dutch settlers in resistance to the expansion of the British Empire in South Africa. Dutch settlers, later known as “Boers,” established farms in southern Africa beginning in the seventeenth century, gradually expanding north into the hinterland, pressing against lands held by indigenous African tribes. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Conventions of Beijing (1860) | | by balisunset, Aug 29, 2008 | | The capstone of the “treaty system“ imposed on China by the British Empire. After the dreadful defeat of the Arrow War, the Chinese government was forced to enter the Conventions of Beijing with Britain and France. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | The British-Ashanti Wars | | by balisunset, Aug 24, 2008 | | A series of four nineteenth-century Anglo-Ashanti conflicts in West Africa. The Ashanti essentially won the first two wars, the British the last two. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Anglo-Nepal War: 1814–1816 | | by balisunset, Jul 23, 2008 | | A conflict between the British East India Company and the Gurkhas, also spelled Gorkha, the ruling ethnic group of Nepal. It is sometimes referred to as the Gurkha War. | | Comments(1) Liked It: 2 |
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 | | The Anglo-Burmese War | | by balisunset, Jul 23, 2008 | | Three short campaigns to extend British control over Burma as part of the larger British imperial regime in India. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | British Intervention | | by Syaza87, Jun 10, 2008 | | In the mid-19th century, social disorder was created by the succession wars among the Malay chiefs of Perak and the rival Chinese secret society factions. It led to a political opportunity for the British. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 7 |
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