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| 1900 |
| | | Joseph Conrad publishes his novel Lord Jim about a life of failure and redemption in the far East | |
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| 1908 |
| | | International outrage at Congo atrocities forces Belgium to annexe King Leopold's private colony | |
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| 1909 |
| | | Bernard Leach moves to Japan to study oriental traditions in the graphic arts | |
|  | Stoneware box, Bernard Leach
Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
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| 1916 |
| | | Britain and France sign the secret Sykes-Picot Agreement, dividing up spheres of influence in the Middle East | |
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| 1920 |
| | | The Japanese potter Shoji Hamada accompanies Bernard Leach on his return to England | |
|  | Stoneware jug, Shoji Hamada
Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
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| c. 1931 |
| | | Six million Russian peasants die after being transported to agricultural labour camps in Siberia | |
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| 1935 |
| | | Mussolini uses a disagreement over grazing rights as a pretext for an empire-building invasion of Ethiopia | |
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| 1937 |
| | | Danish author Karen Blixen publishes her autobiographical novel Out of Africa | |
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| 1938 October |
| | | Adolf Hitler demands a strip of territory through the Polish corridor to reunite Germany with East Prussia | |
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| 1940 September 27 |
| | | Germany, Italy and Japan form a Tripartite Pact as a military alliance | |
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