http://www.britishbattles.com/zulu-war/rorkes-drift.htm - Use this for reference of British Battles
http://www.rorkesdriftvc.com/battle/battle.htm - Battle Article
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/History/dequinc1.htm Opium Eater
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A4429064 Congo - Check this out
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/victorianbritain/great/activity1.htm Game Victorian
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/launch_gms_womens_rights.shtml Game
http://asms.k12.ar.us/classes/humanities/worldstud/97-98/imper/india/India.htm India
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/imperialism/china.cfm China
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/redlight.htm Red Light District
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/livingstone.htm Livingstone
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/vic.htm Victoria
http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/bios/b2leopold-belgium-congo.htm Leopold II
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A4429064 Leopold is not a nice guy
http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline3.htm Slave Trade
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/08/15/2003267815 Russo-Japanese War
http://stipteacher.net/apeuro/index.htm Scroll down to 8.3 on Imperialism. Listen to one of the podcast and write a response on the info you learned.
Anti-Semitism
http://www.marxists.org/archive/zola/1898/jaccuse.htm Letter I accuse
http://www.marxists.org/history/france/dreyfus-affair/index.htmhttp://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/Dreyfus.html Story
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?ModuleId=10005175 Antisemitism site
http://www.ushmm.org/http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/promisedland.htmhttp://www.jafi.org.il/education/100/people/BIOS/dreyfus.html Dryfus Affair
http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Assass.html Alex II
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The article about Leopold II showed that the people of Europe did not consider people of other nations and continents to be their equals, only tools to make money. While a philanthropist at home Leopold also commanded his armies to commit atrocities in Africa to gain goods, primarily ivory. I find it ironic that one of his goals was to stop slavery when he was content to do things like hire cannible tribes to terrorize other tribes into get him rubber. He exemplifies Europe's attitude towards other people at the time of everyone is below Europe.
After reading about China it became obvious that it was very weak in comparison to European nations. England was able to beat China in the Opium wars badly and open up ports, control of Hong Kong to the British, reimburse the British, and grant extraterritoriality, basically foreigners don't have to follow China's laws. China was further weakened by the open door policy which allowed all nations to take advantage of China economically. Europe was able to do anything it wanted to China because China was weak.
The first post that i read was the journal entry about the guy trying heroine. Although it didnt mention anything about england its self, it was very interesting! It reminded me of these days how drugs are so easy to get (Even though im not sure if opium was illegal in england in the early 1800s) but those who sell it vanish because they have to protect themselves or for whatever reason. It was just an overall interesting post.
The second article that i read was about Leopold II and it showed that the people of Europe were indeed snobs and did not consider people of other nations and continents to be their equals, but rather only tools to make money. While he preached the welfare of others at home Leopold acted oppositely in africa commanding his army to do whatever to make money (Mostly from Ivory). He was very contradictory with his ideas and the ways he went about reaching goals which was rather amusing.
I played the game about the History of Women, modeled mainly after Queen Victoria. I found out many things about Women, they had custody of their children if they were separated from their husbands. However women did not have the right to vote, which I find rather ridiculous. It also makes no sense that if a women is separated from her husband all of the money still goes to him, even if she earned it. Women could also not go to college, perhaps men feared they would get smarter and take over considering they were as smart without school. So pretty much at the age of Victoria all women had right to was children. Florence Nightingale then gained women rights with money and divorce.
I read the section on the assassination of Alexander II. A bomb was thrown at the foot of his carriage so when he stepped out it would explode. Rysakoff threw the first bomb, and was arrested on the spot right after throwing it. This bomb did not kill Alexander so Peter Kropotkin sacrificed himself to kill both himself and Alexander. After the second blow Alexander was greatly wounded but not yet dead. Until a third terrorist with a bomb held as a parcel under his arm, Emelianoff, came finally killing of the king.
The post about King Leopold II and the Congo made me realize that countries picking on smaller underdeveloped countries has been happening for a lot longer than I realized. Here we have Leopold bring the Congo which was just barely been recolonized as a 'philanthropic' organization to the Berlin conference when really he was just using this 'organization' to make some money (which never happened as he was in debt to the tune of about 250 million francs) while extorting the native people.
Reading the story about the red light district was very entertaining. The detail in which Dana described the filthy houses and whoreish women painted a very good mental picture. While he was seeming much more wealthy and 'above' that kind of prostitution and vulgarity does not stop his curiosity from taking him inside one of the brothels. I found it funny that once inside the brothel he immediately realized the large amount of money and the numerous gold items he had were at risk of being stolen. This story show just how atmosphere can make a person feel uncomfortable, just like Schurz from the Perry book is not sure how to react after he hears that Louis Philippe has been overthrown.
I read the confessions of the english opium eater. It shows how opium almost like all drugs start as something medical. And again like almost all drugs it evolved past it's medical purpose, towards something of pleasure. It also mentions the roman catholic church's view of opium, how despite it being unscientific they were still horrified by it. He also explains how it appeals to the poor and the rich.
I read the article on the battle of rorke's drift. I learned that the commanding zulu general took pains to buy rifles to be on equal footing with the british. This put 139 british troops on the same technological level with 4,500 zulu. Luckily for the british the zulu were not trained in their use. How the british won with the zulu having the same tech as them and only 500 casualties. Most of the officers whom survived the slaughter were awardered the victorian cross the highest distinction to this day for the british military.
I read the journal entry about the Red Light District. It found it weird that the man would just walk into a house without really knowing who was inside or without having any way of protection. I enjoyed reading his account. It showed his views on his expiernce in New York. How did he lose his eyesight?
Why would they put someone on the throne if they were so young? Did Victoria have someone to rule as regency while she was still being educated? What did she do on the throne that made her last so long?
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