In the nineteenth century, an era of intensifying european imperialism signaled a momentous shift in the course of world history (for this final exam, imperialism is defined as the militarized/administrative control of territory by a distant mother-country --such as england/great britain in india). in your contextually detailed and chronologically precise essay, you are required to identify at least two key historical processes that led to this era of intensifying european imperialism in asia and/or africa. see the paragraph below for hints. the key historical processes that you analyze should reveal that you know key dates (a clear chronological context is required in this essay! ) as well as the major themes and key content of the lectures/discussions/readings in hist 125. the second half of the course (from the trans-atlantic slave trade to the rise of 19th-century european imperialism and the british empire in asia and africa) is particularly relevant.