In terms of proportional German casualties and destruction , it was surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale only by the period January to May 1945 ; one of its enduring results was 19th-century Pan-Germanism , when it served Assistance as an example of the dangers of a divided Germany and became Becoming a key justification for the 1871 creation of the German Empire ( although it excluded Preventing_or_letting the German-speaking parts of the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg empire ) .

over the course of seven hours there were coordinated japanese attacks Attack on the u.s.-held philippines , guam and wake island and on the british empire in malaya , singapore , and hong kong .

the colonial conference Communication of 1894 was called by the government of canada to continue discussion Communication begun Process_start at the first colonial conference Communication in 1887 on a proposal Statement to lay a telegraph cable at the bottom of the pacific ocean to create a communications link between canada and australasia and , by extension , to the rest Placing of the british empire as part of what became Becoming referred to as the all red line network of cables throughout the empire .

the colonial conference Communication of 1894 was called by the government of canada to continue discussion Communication begun Process_start at the first colonial conference Communication in 1887 on a proposal Statement to lay a telegraph cable at the bottom of the pacific ocean to create a communications link between canada and australasia and , by extension , to the rest Placing of the british empire as part of what became Becoming referred to as the all red line network of cables throughout the empire .

the proposal Agree_or_refuse_to_act would be made Manufacturing again to the 1897 colonial conference Communication but was not agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to and would not be acted upon until the british empire economic conference Communication in 1932 .

Believing that the Xiongnu were a possible threat Warning , the emperor launched a preemptive strike Attack against the Xiongnu with the intention to expand Expansion his empire .

As a result of the northward expansion Expansion , the threat Warning that the Qin empire posed Causation to the Xiongnu ultimately led to Causation the reorganization of the many different Xiongnu tribes into a confederacy .

baldwin 's successor ramsay macdonald repudiated Judgment_communication the plan and it would not see fruition until the british empire economic conference of 1932 .

at times , tensions existed Presence between the various europeans in the cape region , tensions between empire administration and colonial governments , and tensions within the xhosa kingdom e.g .

Under the peace treaty , concluded Process_end in 815 , Adrianople remained in the Byzantine empire .

Chamberlain also proposed Statement an imperial economic union or customs union with free trade within the empire and tariffs against goods from outside of it .

however , this plan was not implemented Action until the british empire economic conference Social_event in 1932 .

over the next few decades , the ottomans solidified Cause_change_of_strength their control Control of the region , incorporating Cause_to_amalgamate it into their empire until it was recaptured Conquering by the persians in 1623 .

In fact this war marks Recording the close Process_end of empire building Building and military conquests of ancent india that began Process_start with Maurya king Bindusara .

In 644 at Madinah , Caliph Umar ( Omar ) was succeeded Change_of_leadership by Uthman ibn Affan ( Othman ) , during whose twelve-year rule Armenia , Cyprus , and all of Iran , would be added Cause_to_be_included to the growing Expansion Islamic empire ; Afghanistan and North Africa would receive Receiving major invasions Attack ; and Muslim sea raids Attack would range Cause_to_be_included from Rhodes to the southern coasts of the Iberian Peninsula .

And the end of the Dutch presence in South America ( with the exception of the Guiana ) meant not only the bankruptcy of the WIC , but also the end of the West Dutch empire .

british military efforts were aided Assistance by cape colony , the colony of natal and some native african allies , and further supported Supporting by volunteers from the british empire , including southern africa , the australian colonies , canada , india and new zealand .

The Mughal–Safavid War Military_operation of 1622–1623 was fought Hostile_encounter over the important fortress city of Kandahar , in Afghanistan , between the Safavid empire and the Mughal empire .

The Mughal–Safavid War Military_operation of 1622–1623 was fought Hostile_encounter over the important fortress city of Kandahar , in Afghanistan , between the Safavid empire and the Mughal empire .

French Union forces included Cause_to_be_included colonial troops from the whole former empire ( Moroccan , Algerian , Tunisian , Laotian , Cambodian , and Vietnamese ethnic minorities ) , French professional troops and units of the French Foreign Legion .

following british defeats at the first and second battles of gaza in march and april 1917 , lieutenant general philip chetwode commanding Control the eef 's eastern force and kress von kressenstein 's ottoman empire force had each adopted Choosing a defensive posture and a stalemate had developed Coming_to_be in southern palestine .

the occupation of the ottoman bank ( , `` raid Attack on the ottoman bank '' ; , `` bank unk unk '' `` ottoman bank takeover '' ) by members of the armenian revolutionary federation ( dashnak party ) took place Process_start in istanbul , the capital of the ottoman empire , on 26 august 1896 .

The unexpected fall Earnings_and_losses and sudden relinquishing Surrendering of Turkish-dominated European territories created Causation a psycho-traumatic event amongst many Turks that triggered the ultimate collapse Death of the empire itself within five years .

the first balkan war Military_operation began Process_start when the league member states attacked Attack the ottoman empire on 8 october 1912 and ended Process_end eight months later with the signing of the treaty Sign_agreement of london on 30 may 1913 .

napoleon , who became Becoming the hero of the revolution Change_of_leadership through his popular military campaigns , established Building the consulate and later the first empire , setting Placing the stage for a wider array of global conflicts in the napoleonic wars .

However , the conflict Hostile_encounter had little to do with the war in Europe and served Supply mainly as a way for the Dutch to gain Getting an overseas empire and control Control trade at the cost Cost of the Portuguese .

the philippine revolution ( filipino : `` unk pilipino '' ; spanish : `` UNK filipina '' ) , also called the tagalog war ( spanish : `` guerra unk '' , filipino : `` unk tagalog '' ) by the spanish , was a revolution and subsequent conflict fought between the people and insurgents of the philippines and the kingdom of spain - including its spanish empire and spanish colonial authorities in the spanish east indies .

at the peace of augsburg of 1555 , which ended Process_end a period of armed Bearing_arms conflict between roman catholic and protestant forces within the holy roman empire , the rulers of the german-speaking states and charles v agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to accept Receiving this principle .

the indonesian national revolution Change_of_leadership , or indonesian war Hostile_encounter of independence ( ; ) , was an armed conflict Hostile_encounter and diplomatic struggle Hostile_encounter between the republic of indonesia and the dutch empire and an internal social revolution Change_of_leadership during postwar and postcolonial indonesia .

Consequently , large parts of Syria , excluding its capital city of Damascus , were taken Conquering by the Byzantines , even if only for a few years , with a new theme of Syria integrated Cause_to_amalgamate into the expanding Expansion empire .

Meanwhile , the Ottomans had to contend Quarreling with the Persian Safavid Empire and to a lesser extent the Mamluk Sultanate , which was defeated Getting and fully incorporated Cause_to_amalgamate into the empire .

later , the peace of westphalia and the spanish war of succession in the 17th and 18th centuries respectively left the austrian empire as the sole firm possession of the house of habsburg .

following the ethiopian revolution in 1974 , the derg abolished GiveUp the ethiopian empire and established Creating a marxist-leninist communist state , bringing Bringing the eritrean war of independence into the ethiopian civil war and cold war conflicts .

british empire infantry and artillery reinforcements were also sent Sending forward from es salt , both of which took Conquering considerable time to cover Hiding_objects the difficult and unfriendly terrain .

The combatants were , on one side , the Ottoman Empire ( including Kurds and some Arab tribes ) , with some assistance Assistance from the other Central Powers ; and on the other side , the British ( with the help Assistance of Jews , Greeks , Assyrians and the majority of the Arabs , along with Indians under its empire ) , the Russians ( with the help Assistance of Armenians ) and the French from among the Allied Powers .

the uruguayan war ( 10 august 1864 UNK 20 february 1865 ) was fought Hostile_encounter between uruguay 's governing blanco party and an alliance consisting Cause_to_be_included of the empire of brazil and the uruguayan colorado party , covertly supported Supporting by argentina .

This formed Coming_to_be part of an effort to run increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale quantities of supplies Supply through the Allied blockade of Japan before the country was cut off Removing from its empire .

The victory strengthened Cause_change_of_strength Tang control Control of the Western Regions , now modern Xinjiang , and brought the regions formerly ruled Control by the Khaganate into the Tang empire .

upon defeating Conquering the qara unk , the mongols now had a direct border with the unk empire , which they would soon invade Attack in 1219 .

In the first phase , the Archidamian War , Sparta launched repeated invasions of Attica , while Athens took advantage of its naval supremacy to raid the coast of the Peloponnese and attempt to suppress signs of unrest in its empire .

In this phase , Sparta , now receiving support from the Achaemenid Empire , supported Supporting rebellions in Athens 's subject states in the Aegean Sea and Ionia , undermining Athens 's empire , and , eventually , depriving the city of naval supremacy .

Coming to power three decades after the death of the Muslim prophet Muhammad and immediately after the Rashidun Caliphate , the Umayyads were a feudal Arab empire ruling Control over a population which was overwhelmingly non-Arab as well as primarily non-Muslim .

The revolution essentially marked Recording the end of the Arab empire and the beginning of a more inclusive , multiethnic state in the Middle East .

In doing so , he also further expanded Expansion the Zhou kingdom into eastern China , transforming it into an empire using the new Fengjian system .

In the second century BCE the region became Becoming part of the Xiongnu empire , a confederation of nomads centered Placing on present-day Mongolia .

Other territories of the Caucasus ( comprising contemporary eastern Georgia , southern Dagestan , Armenia and Azerbaijan ) were incorporated Cause_to_amalgamate into the Russian empire at various times in the 19th century as a result of Russian wars Hostile_encounter with Persia .

the russian revolution Change_of_leadership was a period of political and social revolution Change_of_leadership across the territory of the russian empire which started Process_start with the abolishment of monarchy and concluded Process_end with the establishment of the soviet union by the bolsheviks and the end Process_end of the civil war .

The Bolsheviks had secured a strong base of support Supporting within the Soviets and , as the now supreme governing Control party Social_event , established Creating a federal government dedicated to reorganizing Reforming_a_system the former empire into the world 's first socialist state Statement , practicing Practice Soviet democracy on a national and international scale .

While many notable historical events occurred Coming_to_be in Moscow and Petrograd , there was also a visible movement in cities throughout the state Statement , among national minorities throughout the empire and in the rural areas , where peasants took over Getting and redistributed land .

Several contemporaneous observers and later historians have concluded Coming_to_believe that the Ottoman government deliberately instigated Process_start the armed Armenian resistance Defending by enforcing Action the conditions on their subjects and then used Using this insurgency Hostile_encounter as a main pretext to justify Justifying the forced deportations Removing of Armenians from all over the empire .