World History › Section T · Industry and empire › Topic T.3
Colonial empires
In a single generation the industrial powers divided Africa, tightened their grip on South and Southeast Asia, carved spheres of influence in China and shared out the Pacific. This topic maps where the empires were built, how, and where the builders clashed.
In this topic
- Africa partitioned
- The Berlin Conference
- Worked example: how a treaty became a colony
- Britain in Egypt and Sudan
- Southern Africa: diamonds, gold and war
- Worked example: why Ethiopia stayed independent
- British India and the Great Game
- Southeast Asia
- Japan's empire and China's spheres
- The Pacific and the United States
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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