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Stray Maps
Foreign support in Warlord China
From the end of the First Opium War to the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War (1842-1950), foreign influence ...
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North America 1911
Mexican Revolution
Mexico had been stable for four decades, most of that time under the presidency of Porfirio Diaz. But by 1910 ...
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Europe 1911
Agadir Crisis
In 1911, France sent troops to suppress a rebellion in Morocco. Germany promptly claimed the 1906 Algeciras Agreement had been ...
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Southern Asia 1911
Chinese Revolution
In 1910, the Chinese Empire reasserted itself and occupied Tibet. However, this would be the decadent Empire's last triumph ...
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East Asia 1911
Chinese Revolution
China had suffered endless humiliations since the mid 19th century, with the once powerful Qing dynasty unable to hold back ...
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Southern Asia 1911
Strangling of Persia
Endeavoring to modernize, the new constitutional Persian government hired American advisors. Russia responded first by orchestrating the return of the ...
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East Asia 1912
Yuan Shikai and the Republic of China
The Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yatsen declared a republic in January 1912, but to avoid bloodshed he came to a ...
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Europe 1912
Italo-Turkish War
In October 1911, Italy invaded the Ottoman Turkish provinces in North Africa. The Italians quickly conquered the coastal cities but ...
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Southern Asia 1912
Tibetan Independence
The collapse of the Chinese Empire allowed Tibet to expel its Chinese garrison and declare independence. When the new Republic ...
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Russia 1912
Chinese Revolution
In early 1912, the weak and corrupt government of the Chinese Empire was overthrown and a republic declared. However, the ...
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Europe 1913
First Balkan War
Seeing how weak the Ottoman Turks were in their fight against Italy, an alliance of Balkan states launched an invasion ...
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East Asia 1913
Second Chinese Revolution
Although military strongman Yuan Shikai had been made provisional president of the new Republic of China to preserve peace, he ...
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Southern Asia 1913
Anglo-Ottoman Convention
By now the British dominated the Persian Gulf and the southern Arabian peninsula. To secure its gains in these regions ...
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Europe 1913
Second Balkan War
Bulgaria had gained much territory in the war against the Ottomans, but less than what it had been promised. In ...
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Europe 1913
Aftermath of the Balkan Wars
At the Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria ceded land to Serbia, Greece, and Romania, ending the Second Balkan War between those ...
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North America 1914
Banana Wars
Political instability in the Caribbean and Central America continued into the 1910s, prompting further US military interventions as it sought ...
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Europe 1914
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Serbia's sudden expansion in the Balkan Wars increased tensions between it and Austria-Hungary, which had a significant Serb minority ...
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Southern Asia 1914
Simla Accord
While they were in discussions with the Ottomans over Arabia, the British were also seeking an understanding with China over ...
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Russia 1914
Outbreak of the Great War
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by a Bosnian Serb in June 1914 triggered a series of political ...
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Australasia 1914
Outbreak of the Great War
Although Australia and New Zealand were self-governing democracies, they were still part of the British Empire and tied to Britain ...