Wednesday, December 10, 2008

The Opium Wars

In 1839 to 1842 Opium wars with Chain and Britain. There are many way to look at the problem. Chain is very old country more than two thousand years. Chain grow tea, become Chain very popular for drink in Great Britain. British decided they need to ‘balance their trade’. That means they buy and sell to Chain. India in Opium grow drug. They used to make morphine and heroin. Chain also lost control of the important island of Hong Kong. Chain was forced to selling of opium. The player in the prelude was war official LinTse –hsti. He did the opium maneuverd himself into being Imperial Commissioner at Canton.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Mountains of the Moon

European exploration gave a very hard time to the African people. African people did the work in the mountains, they carried things for the Europeans. In the night time the Europeans sleeping in the tent and the African people stay on outside on the cold. On night time John Speke sleep in the in the tent the bug goes inside his ear. He did like mad. The people put his ear candela yet it dose not work. Letter he goes inside the tent and put his ear inside the seacher and killed the bug. The African people did the work like slaver.The African people dicover the biggest lake on the Nil river. European have a good techology. There techology mad by the gum. This thing care those African people and use those thing European.