a movement started by al-Wahhab whose goal was to purify the Islam religion in Najd and bring it back to its original form
Wanted people to stop worshipping false idols
gained political power and destroyed temples but sultan suppressed him
Usman dan Fodio
creator of the most powerful Islamic reform movement
northern nigeria
beliefs attacked heathenism and called for holy war against unbelievers
member of sufi brotherhood
spread islam through west africa
Taipaing Rebellion
Hong Xiuquan created a society of people who were trying to preach "truth" (perversion of christianity) to the people who were non-believers (Confucion)
had an army of men and women and killed people who were not proper believers
goal: bring truth to china but they did so violent and failed
Hong Xiuquan
man who had a dream/vision that God told him the world was too evil and demonic and he needed to preach the truth to the people
failed civil service exam four times and made this his mission
Karl Marx
well educated, philsophilcally radical, journalist, popularized capitalism
Friedrich Engels
german born radical who collaborated with Karl Marx
Condition of the working class in england
book by Engels which was the indictment of the industrial wage labor in England
Communist Manifesto
co-writte by Engels and marx, it was encouraging all the workers of all nations to overthrow capitalism
India's Rebellion of 1957
led by princes in north india but squashed by british and killed tens of thousands of indians
Led the queen to rule from the crown and not EATC
Reasons: 1. colonial polices 2. dalhousie's doctrone of lapse 3. coating bullets with animal fat