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... ports were opened to British traders in 1842 following China's defeat in the Chinese- British trade conflict known as the first Opium War ( 1839-42 ) ; the treaty port system began in Japan in 1854 after Commo . Matthew C. Perry of the ...
... ports were opened to British traders in 1842 following China's defeat in the Chinese- British trade conflict known as the first Opium War ( 1839-42 ) ; the treaty port system began in Japan in 1854 after Commo . Matthew C. Perry of the ...
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... port for the then important Senegal Valley , with the better port of Dakar . The railway achieved this , but unexpectedly did far more for Dakar and Senegal by stimulating the cultivation of peanuts ( groundnuts ) in the vicinity of its ...
... port for the then important Senegal Valley , with the better port of Dakar . The railway achieved this , but unexpectedly did far more for Dakar and Senegal by stimulating the cultivation of peanuts ( groundnuts ) in the vicinity of its ...
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... port at times when the Suez Canal was closed , by the advent of cruise liners , and , finally , by increasing air ... port , such as the port proper , the naval arsenal , the fishing harbour , and the peanut export sec- tor . Near the ...
... port at times when the Suez Canal was closed , by the advent of cruise liners , and , finally , by increasing air ... port , such as the port proper , the naval arsenal , the fishing harbour , and the peanut export sec- tor . Near the ...
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