The Opium Wars forced China to expand ports for trade. Following the first Opium War, which ended in 1842, five new Chinese treaty ports at Guangzhou (Canton), Shanghai, Xiamen (Amoy), Ningbo, and Fuzhou, where British merchants and their families could reside were opened. <span>A huge indemnity (compensation) was to be paid to the British government and merchants also follwoing the first War. F</span>ollowing the second War(1856–1860) <span>11 more treaty ports were opened.
At the end of the second War </span><span>the British and French captured Beijing.</span>
Answer:
weak and in decline
Explanation:
I think weak and in decline
"At the start of World War I, the Ottoman Empire was already in decline. The Ottoman army entered the war in 1914 on the side of the Central Powers (including Germany and Austria-Hungary) and were defeated in October 1918. ... The Ottoman empire officially ended in 1922 when the title of Ottoman Sultan was eliminated."
<span>-The development of nuclear reactors
</span><span>-The big bang theory
-The movement of the planets
There you go.
(correct me if wrong)</span>
One of the major reasons for Minoans' success was trade: They had easy access to the sea, which is a great trade route (easy to navigate and relatively cheap) and they made use of this. They traded among others with Syria and Asia Minor.