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Why Building an Empire happened in the 19th Century - Coggle Diagram
Why Building an Empire happened in the 19th Century
Technological Advancment
Ships and Oversea transports allow travelling.
Medicines allowed for treatment
Advanced weapons allow countries to conquer weaker countries.
Explorers
Exploring allows identifying new resources that could be found on other lands and can be used to improve their current state of the country.
Exploring new lands allow countries to now spread their beliefs to new parts of the world.
Exploring different countries could potentially help make new friends, as well as find new traders to work with.
Economy
To expand empires with raw materials and labour.
New materials can be found from other conquered countries such as China, Malaysia and other countries.
Purchase of goods could help the economy.
Population Growth
Without new land to conquer, populations can increase exponentially which causes population density and less space for others, causing overcrowding in cities.
Migration then started to happen, causing many individuals to leave the country they were in.
Nationalism and Rivalries between them.
Rivals are what causes allies to go against other rivals.
Strategical Reasons
This is to build a strong army that can help lead the country to victory in nearly any situation.