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Image 01 Soldier of the Qing Empire, holding a Match- lock musket during the Taiping rebellion. |
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Image 02 The Qing Empire army, readying to meet forces of the Taiping rebellion. |
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Image 03 Manchu archer, during the Taiping Rebellion. |
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Image 04 Qing troops during the Taiping Rebellion. Notice the European weapons; the Qing dynasty was given late support against the Taipings because were the Qing dynasty to collapse, the European traders would stand to loose money in the wake of chaos. |
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Image 05 An artist's conception of the second Opium War. |
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Image 06 A backward (top) and frontward (bottom) view of Beijing, c. 1900. |
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Image 07 19th century opium production. |
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Image 08 19th century silk production. |
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Image 09 The May 4th Movement, by which was felled the Qing dynasty along with the nearly 4,000 year old system of Imperial rule in China. |
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Image 10 Fort of Zeelandia, the Dutch battlement formed on the island of Formosa- present day Taiwan. The Dutch were expelled by the Japanese in the 1600s, just 40 years after it was finished. |
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Image 11 One of the first synagogues in China at Kaifeng. |
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Image 12 Chinese Jews in Kaifeng. |
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