Opium Wars

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• Opium Wars — Opium War redirects here. For other uses, see Opium War (disambiguation). Opium Wars Combat at Guangzhou (Canton) during the Second Opium War …   Wikipedia

• Opium Wars — Two trading wars of the mid 19th century in China. The first (1839–42 was between China and Britain, and the second (1856–60; also called the Arrow War or Anglo French War) was between China and a British French alliance. Trade developed between… …   Universalium

• Opium Wars — (1839–1842)    A conflict that opened China physically to political, economic, and social influences from the outside world and heralded the period of unequal treaties in which the Great Powers carved out spheres of influence to exploit the… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Opium poppy — Papaver somniferum Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …   Wikipedia

• Opium War (disambiguation) — Opium Wars is a collective term for the Anglo Chinese disputes that included the First Opium War (1839–1842) and the Second Opium War (1856–1860). Opium War(s) or The Opium War(s) may also refer to: The Opium War (film), a 1997 Chinese film Opium …   Wikipedia

• Opium — For other uses, see Opium (disambiguation). Opium Opium poppy fruit exuding latex from a cut Botanical Opium Source plant(s) Papaver somnifer …   Wikipedia

• opium — /oh pee euhm/, n. 1. the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or …   Universalium

• opium trade — ▪ British and Chinese history       in Chinese history, the traffic that developed in the 18th and 19th centuries in which Western nations, mostly Great Britain, exported opium grown in India and sold it to China. The British used the profits… …   Universalium

• Opium of the people — Religion is the opium of the people is one of the most frequently paraphrased statements of Karl Marx. It was translated from the German original, Die Religion ... ist das Opium des Volkes and is often referred to as religion is the opiate of the …   Wikipedia

• Opium of the People — Religion is the opiate of the people is one of the most frequently quoted statements of Karl Marx. It was translated from the German original, Die Religion ... ist das Opium des Volkes and is often referred to as religion is the opiate of the… …   Wikipedia