Sultan who ruled Ottoman Empire 1789-1807. Toppled by Janissaries in 1807
What is Selim III
100
Series of reforms in Ottoman Empire between 1839 and 1876.
What is Tanzimat Reforms
100
Manchu dynasty that seized control of China in mid 17th century.
What is Qing
100
When did the Suez Canal open
What is 1869
100
Fought between the British and Qing China beginning in 1839.
What is Opium War
200
Won the power struggle in Egypt following fall of Mamluks
What is Muhammad Ali
200
Organization of political agitators in opposition to rule of Abdul Harmid. Also known as Young Turks
What is Ottoman Society for Union and Progress
200
Built across Isthmus to connect Mediterranean Sea with Red Sea
What is Suez Canal
200
What were the years of the Opium War
What is 1839-1841
200
Wealthy new group of Chinese merchants under the Qing dynasty.
What is Compradors
300
Hea dof the coalition of Mamluk rulers in Egypt; opposed Napoleonic invasion of Egypt.
What is Murad
300
Popular outburst in 1898 aimed at expelling foreigners from China. Failed due to intervention of Western powers.
What is Boxer Rebellion
300
River town that was administrative center of Egyptian authority in Sudan.
What is Khartoum
300
When did the Young Turks seize power in Istanbul
What is 1908
300
Ultraconservative empress who dominated the last decades of the Qing dynasty
What is Cixi
400
Muslim thinker at the end of the 19th century. Stressed need for adoption of Western scientific learning.
What is al-Afghani
400
Broke out in south China in the 1850s and early 1860s; led by Hong Xiuquan a semi-Christianized prophet. Sought to overthrow the Qing dynasty
What is Taiping Rebellion
400
Distinguished Chinese official charged with stamping out opium trade in southern China.
What is Lin Zexu
400
Ottoman legal code reformed
What is 1870
400
Last emperor of China; deposed as emperor while still a small boy in 1912
What is Puyi
500
Head of a Sudanic Sufi Brotherhood. Claimed descent from prophet Muhammad; proclaimed both Egyptians and British as infidels.
What is Muhammad Ahmad
500
A conflict in which Russia lost to an alliance of France, Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia. While neutral, Austria played a role in stopping the Russians.
What is Crimean War
500
Descendants of Muhammad Ali in Egypt after 1867.
What is Khedives
500
Young Turks establish the Ottoman Society for Union and Progress
What is 1889
500
What were key features of the Tanzimat Reforms
What is University education was reorganized. European sciences and mathematics introduced. State-run postal and telegraph systems were established. Newspapers were established. Railways built.