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Map showing the Ur III state and its influence sphere. c. 1879–1861 BCE (Short chronology) Ur-Nammu of Ur conquered Lagash; c. 1861–1815 BCE (Short chronology) Shulgi of Ur destroyed Der, launched a campaign against Anshan, and engaged in a period of expansionism at the expense of highlanders such as the Lullubi, and others
Rebellions in Asia by country (24 C) B. ... Rebellions against the Ottoman Empire (8 C, 78 P) R. Reform the Armed Forces Movement (8 P) S. Soviet–Afghan War (6 C, 35 P)
1857: The Indian rebellion against British East India Company, marking the end of Mughal rule in India. Also known as the 1857 War of Independence and, particularly in the West, the Sepoy Mutiny. 1858: The Mahtra War in Estonia. 1858: Pecija's First Revolt, in Ottoman Bosnia. 1858–61: The War of the Reform in Mexico.
Anti-imperialism in Asia (4 C, 42 P) ... Resistance against Imperial Japan (7 C, ... Menashi–Kunashir rebellion; Muharram Rebellion; P.
Rebellions in Asia by country (24 C) Rebellions in Europe by country (30 C) + Kurdish rebellions by country (3 C) A. Rebellions in Afghanistan (2 C, 18 P)
In 1896, a widespread revolt against Spanish rule broke out in the Philippines. Meanwhile, the recent string of U.S. territorial gains in the Pacific posed an even greater threat to Spain's remaining colonial holdings. As the U.S. continued to expand its economic and military power in the Pacific, it declared war against Spain in 1898.
The rebellion was eventually suppressed by Qing troops, who killed and posthumously decapitated Du. The brutal suppression led to many Hui people fleeing to neighboring countries bordering Yunnan. Surviving Huis escaped to Burma, Thailand and Laos, forming the basis of a minority Chinese Hui population in those nations. Hundreds of thousands of ...
After The Indian Rebellion of 1857, Queen Victoria was declared Empress of India, thus solidifying the British rule on the subcontinent. The last British acquisition in Asia was the New Territories of Hong Kong, which was leased from the Qing emperor in 1897, expanding the British colony originally ceded in the Treaty of Nanking in 1842.