The Opium Wars

The ''Opium Wars'' was basically a drug war. When opium first came to China it was used as a medicine. But then in the 1700's the British introduced China to mixing opium with tobacco so it could be smoked. And at this time China was famous for green tea. So basically ''The Opium Wars'' was just China trading their gold and their silver for opium which they later found out was a horrible deal. They were called ''The Opium Wars'' because the main focus of the war was for the British to get the chinese to give up all their gold and silver for opium. The Chinese won the wars.

"Mountains of the Moon"

Some of the hardships that the Europeans faced as they explored Africa were that they kept getting attacked by the people of Africa, some of the Africans the europeans hired were disloyal and stole from the Europeans, and the some of the Africans that the Europeans hired were getting sick and dying. They named the lake lake Victoria in honer of the English queen. The technologic advantage that Europe had over Africa was tremendus, the Africans didnt have guns and when they first seen a gun they were amazed. They were also amazed at the Europeans fabrics and cloths, Also they were amazed to see people that were not dark skinned.