Imperialism & Late 1800s

9 stories

Colonies, conquests, and the carve-up of continents. The dark side of progress.

European powers gather around a map in Berlin and carve up an entire continent over brandy. They draw lines that still cause wars today.

The Battle of Isandlwana

Zulu warriors with spears destroy a fully equipped British army. Britain is so humiliated it spends the rest of the year hunting down a king.

Rorke's Drift

150 British soldiers hold a tiny mission station against 4,000 Zulus through the night. Eleven Victoria Crosses awarded. Britain calls it victory.

The Meiji Restoration

Japan ends 700 years of samurai rule, restores the Emperor, and modernizes faster than any country ever has. In 30 years it goes from feudal to industrial.

The Battle of Little Bighorn

Custer charges a vastly larger Lakota and Cheyenne force and gets every single one of his men killed. Sitting Bull's last great victory.

Wounded Knee

U.S. cavalry massacres about 250 Lakota men, women, and children in a South Dakota creek bed. The end of the Indian Wars.

The Spanish-American War

The USS Maine explodes in Havana harbor. Newspapers blame Spain. Four months later America has Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam.

The Boxer Rebellion

A Chinese martial arts cult tries to expel all foreigners. Eight foreign armies march into Beijing together to crush it. China is humiliated again.

The Russo-Japanese War

Tiny modernized Japan annihilates a Russian fleet at Tsushima. First time in centuries an Asian power beats a European one. Russia is so humiliated it has a revolution.

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