This discontent resulted in a Military take over led by Colonel Muammar Qaddafi in 1969. ... In the 1980s, Colonel Muammar Qaddafi of Libya created great displeasure among western countries due to its foreign policy. ... Military tensions between the two countries resulted in encounters in the air which were accompanied by the United States bombing of Libyan military installations. ... The insurmountable tension between the military and the Islamic opposition resulted in armed conflict. ... To overcome these problems some countries took out foreign loans to build factories and roads. ...

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Egypt, having long been ruled by foreign empires, entered an age of modernization during the early 1800s. The Turkish appointed governor, Muhammad Ali, took major steps in modeling Egypt's agriculture and military after European standards. ... Technology and military might became a great influence toward colonialism. ... Vaccines and new quinine were created to combat diseases, like malaria, when entering foreign lands. ... Many people of Africa and Asia attempted to drive out invaders, but were unable to succeed due to unequal military technology and economical issues. ...

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The Slave Trade and Islam The Quran describes a humanitarian approach to slavery - free men could not be enslaved, and those faithful to foreign religions could live as protected persons. ... While highly educated slaves and those in the military did win their freedom, those used for basic duties rarely achieved freedom. ... The most favored of all Islamic slaves seems to have been the military slave, although performers were the most privileged. ... However, the first independent Muslim ruler of Egypt relied on black slaves and at his death is said to have left 45,000 Nubian military slaves....

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It is an alternative to applying military force; it is enacted to express outrage and to change the behaviour of the target. According to Hufbauer et al there have been 120 episodes of foreign policy sanctions since World War I, 104 of which were enacted since World War II. ... The usefulness of economic sanctions as instruments of foreign policy enjoys at best a chequered history. ... This enables a leader to show leadership, without bearing the costs that other options might entail, like military action. ...

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Military regimes: goes hand in hand with authoritarianism. A military regime is when the military runs the state. The military would intervene in politics, its legitimization and its long-term implications. An example of this is Nasser with a military coup in Egypt in 1952. ... When they shut down servers for computers twitter was still able to be used on cell phones to spread the word. 31: China's Role in Africa China's emphasis in Africa is on trade and investment not on foreign aid. ...

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Although economic influence and foreign pressure created a reason for British expansion in the last two decades it is key to look at the small ways the British built a foundation for expansion starting in the 1850's and 1860's. ... Egyptian mismanagement of the economy and military and a continually more strained relationship with France who had held considerable sway since the Napoleonic era in Egypt created an opportunity for England to become more important in Egyptian affairs which the English desired because of the importance of the Suez Canal as an eastern trade route (Porter, ...

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Some areas were even colonized because of their strategic or military importance to protect the lands that imperialists had conquered e.g. ... The most important motive of the military side was the weak military forces of the colony continents. These continents were militarily weak and backward, and were no match for the sophisticated arms of the Europeans.1 Colonies provided the European countries with manpower, which was forcibly taken into the army to enable them to conquer more areas. ... There were a smaller group of foreign financiers and capitalists who manipulated every area of life an...

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The New Imperialism was resulted from industrialized nations seeking control of foreign land for economic, political, and cultural aims, despite the fact the culture in Africa and Asia was affected negatively, colonizers did benefit from modernization. ... They were wealthy enough to "send their sons to British schools, where they were trained for posts in the civil service and military" (Ellis, Esler 770). ...

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Although Islam was somewhat enforced in the area for a period of time, Indians could specifically ignore foreign rule more easily than other regions, as they were regulated by separate castes. ... The monopoly allowed Ghana to flourish, but their unofficial military and dependence on trade partners left them vulnerable to nomadic invaders. Although its wealth was great, they could not survive the military attacks it experienced and collapsed around 1200. ...

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The success of the military was largely in part to the weakness of surrounding empires such as the Byzantium Empire and the Persian Empire. ... The traders were not armed with anything but ideas which they traded with the people they met in foreign lands. The influence of Muslim traders became so great that they became an incentive to foreign nations wishing to strengthen themselves. ...

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However, because of military campaigns, civil wars and political unrest, the impact of weather related factors such as drought are heightened. ... The most radical of these solutions is to wipe out African nation's debts to foreign lenders. ...

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Finance minister Amara Konneh says that's mostly because of damage done to mining, agriculture and service industries, as investors evacuate foreign workers, borders close, and international flights are suspended. ... The government is putting in place fiscal austerity measures to compensate for that, including suspending all official foreign travel. ... In the Ebola-afflicted parts of west Africa where health systems have been overwhelmed, some foreign companies are already pulling out workers. A number of big mining firms have evacuated foreign staff and shut down non-essential operatio...

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Effective military resistance by coastal states provided a marked difference between the experiences of the two groups of people. ... The Africans were divided into numerous states across a vast area and were based around the coast, or, at least, were used to dealing with foreign people through trade. ...

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Nonetheless, the Insurgents, or Nationalists, (under the leadership of General Francisco Franco) were aided by and received military aid from Germany and Italy. ... On August 4, 1950, Mau Mau was declared illegal, even though the government knew little about it except that militant Kikuyus were winning over, coercing, or forcing other Kikuyus to take an oath against foreign rule. ...

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Strikingly, it was much cheaper to obtain slaves in Europe than to send a vessel to an epidemiologically coast in Africa without proper harbors and remote from European political, financial, and military power. ...

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