https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-long-nineteenth-century/x66f79d8a:comparing-industrialization-in-egypt-and-japan-7-6/a/activity-opener-what-if 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: What If? Would you pursue progress at any price, or stick to the old ways? You get to decide if you'd embrace or resist the forces of industrialization. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-long-nineteenth-century/x66f79d8a:comparing-industrialization-in-egypt-and-japan-7-6/a/article-meiji-restoration-japan-s-industrial-revolution 2025-08-12T03:52:41.296842565Z Meiji Restoration: Japan's Industrial Revolution When industrialization elsewhere threatened Japan, a new Japanese government used modernization as a defense. The result was a uniquely Japanese version of industrialization. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-long-nineteenth-century/x66f79d8a:comparing-industrialization-in-egypt-and-japan-7-6/a/graphic-biography-iwasaki-yataro 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Iwasaki Yatarō Graphic Bio A low-ranking samurai by birth, Iwasaki Yatarō seized the opportunities of industrialization to create the Mitsubishi company and to help industrialize the city of Nagasaki. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-long-nineteenth-century/x66f79d8a:comparing-industrialization-in-egypt-and-japan-7-6/a/article-muhammad-ali-egypts-industrial-revolution 2025-08-12T03:52:41.296842565Z Muhammad Ali: Egypt’s Industrial Revolution Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali tried to industrialize Egypt's economy and modernize its military. But by the end of the century, Egypt was deeply in debt to Britain, which started to dictate policies. What went wrong? article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-long-nineteenth-century/x66f79d8a:comparing-industrialization-in-egypt-and-japan-7-6/a/activity-comparison-egypt-and-japan-origins 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Comparison—Egypt and Japan By comparing across multiple locations or spatial scales, we can see how industrialization was adopted differently in many areas of the world at this time. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-long-nineteenth-century/x66f79d8a:comparing-industrialization-in-egypt-and-japan-7-6/a/activity-closer-would-you-rather-origins 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Activity: Would You Rather Through a quick game of "Would you rather...?", this activity lets you imagine the different ways that industrialization was experienced. article https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/x66f79d8a:the-long-nineteenth-century/x66f79d8a:comparing-industrialization-in-egypt-and-japan-7-6/e/7-6-practice 2026-06-30T12:40:47.173333589Z Comparing Industrialization in Egypt and Japan Practice what you learned in lesson 7.6! Jessica Shattuck exercise