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Conflicts. WHERE Middle East (Holy Land, Jerusalem). WHEN 11 th -13 th Centuries. Crusades. CAUSES. To restore the right of Christians to make pilgrimage to Jerusalem Help Byzantine Emperor against the Turks To gain some of the fabulous riches of the East
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WHERE Middle East (Holy Land, Jerusalem) WHEN 11th-13th Centuries Crusades
CAUSES • To restore the right of Christians to make pilgrimage to Jerusalem • Help Byzantine Emperor against the Turks • To gain some of the fabulous riches of the East • To gain new lands & trade routes
RESULTS • Hardened Muslim attitudes towrd Christians • Led to expansion of Ottoman Empire • Stimulated trade • Expanded use of money • Islamic learning went to the West
Where China When 1839-1842 Opium War
Causes • Britain had unfavorable balance of trade with China • China demanded Britain end opium trade
Results • Treaty of Nanking opened more Chinese ports to trade and gave Hong Kong to Britain • British gained right of extraterritoriality • China had to pay indemnity
Where India When 1857 Sepoy Mutiny
Causes • Indians were developing a sense of national identity • Insensitivity of British to Indian religious practices
Results • East India Co. forced to give up control • British gov’t took official control of India
Where China When 1899-1900 Boxer Rebellion
Causes • Chinese resented growing foreign interference • Boxers wanted to remove foreigners from China
Results • International force defeated the Boxers • China for forced to pay a large indemnity • Demand for reforms
Where Europe When 1914-1918 World War I
Causes • Nationalism • Imperialism • Alliances • Militarism • Assassination of Archduke
Results • Enormous human and economic losses • Treaty of Versailles • Reparations • War guilt clause • Loss of territory and colonies
Where Europe, Asia, Africa When 1939-1945 World War II
Causes • Aggressive empire building • (Japan, Italy, Germany) • Appeasement
Results • Human losses • War crime trials • Occupied nations • United Nations created • Decline of colonial powers • Rise of superpowers
Where China When 1927-1949 Chinese Civil War (Chinese Communist Revolution)
Causes • Chiang Kai-shek [Jiang Jieshi] expelled communists and began a purge against them • People thought government under Chiang Kai-shek was corrupt
Results • Communists gain support of peasants • Centralized economic planning • Collectivization of farms • Great Leap Forward • Cultural Revolution
Where Korea When 1950-1953 Korean War
Causes • Korea was divided after WWII • North Korea invaded South Korea
Results • Stalemate • Remains divided • Demilitarized zone
Where Middle East-Israel When 1948-today Arab-Israeli Wars
Causes • Zionist movement of late 19th century • Holocaust • Disagreement over land ownership • UN partition plan
Results • Many wars • Terrorist groups • Intifada • Attempts at peace
Where Kashmir When 1947-today Indian-Pakistani Conflict
Causes • Hatred between Hindu and Muslims • Partition of British India • Dispute over border
Results • Three wars • Threat of nuclear war
Where Great Britain When 1922-today Northern Ireland
Causes • Disagreement between Catholics and Protestants • Irish Catholics want independence
Results • Violence (Irish Republican Army) • Peace talks continue
Where Cuba When 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
Causes • US policy of containment • Soviet Union was building bases to install nuclear missiles • President Kennedy ordered naval blockade
Results • World stood on brink of war • USSR backed down and removed missiles
Where Vietnam [Indochina] When 1959-1975 Vietnam War
Causes • France tried to reclaim Indochina after WWII • Ho Chi Minh lead nationalist movement • 1954 Vietnam was divided • US supported South
Results • Vietnam fell to communists • Devastation of country • Vietnamese refugees
Where Nicaragua [Central America] When 1979 Civil War in Nicaragua
Causes • Repressive rule of Somoza family (1936-1979) • US backed anti-communist Somozas • Sandinistas overthrew the gov’t
Results • US secretly backed the anti-communist Contras • Many deaths • Weakened the Nicaraguan economy