Second Opium War – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Wed, 08 May 2024 15:00:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Second Opium War – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 The Second Opium War and the Treaty of Tianjin, 1857–1859 https://brewminate.com/the-second-opium-war-and-the-treaty-of-tianjin-1857-1859/ Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:55:03 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=88910 The United States and European powers had grown increasingly dissatisfied with treaties following the First Opium War. Following

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