HST 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Indian Rebellion Of 1857, Maxim Gun, New Imperialism
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1870s europe/latin america: military technology: d. i. Maxim gun can fire 11 bullets per second d. ii. Battle of omdurman, 50 dead on britain"s side 11,000 dead on the side of sudan, within 5 hours horrific death: medical technology e. i. South africa boer war (1899-1902: farmers by day would fight at night, concentration camps: new at this time, people would be gathered and conditions were poor. German south west africa: hereros (1904) germany worked to exterminate the hereros and within about 5 years roughly 75% of their population was murdered. 1878 africa has minimal european presence: portuguese in angola. Dutch and british in the south: french and british in the north and some on the west. Within about 2 decades, almost all of africa was under british control. Berlin conference (1884-1885) europe was fighting over africa so much that a conference was called to set up rules.
