History A-Level
Missionary activity and opium legalisation
What Missionary activity and opium legalisation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Missionary activity and opium legalisation
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The terms permitted inland Christian missionary activity and legalised the opium trade.
Topics that use Missionary activity and opium legalisation
- Paper 3, Option 38.2: The making of modern China, 1860–1997 - 1 Opening up China to foreigners, 1860–70 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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