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ASIA AND THE WORLD (1450-1800). OTTOMAN (1299-1922) RUSSIAN (1533-1917) SAFAVID-IRAN (1521-1722), MUGHAL-INDIA (1526-1858), QING –CHINA (1644-1911. STRONG EMPIRES. EUROPEAN TRADE AND THE DRAIN OF BULLION. European Attempts to reverse the drain: Portuguese (Goa, Macao, Melaka)
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OTTOMAN (1299-1922) RUSSIAN (1533-1917) SAFAVID-IRAN (1521-1722), MUGHAL-INDIA (1526-1858), QING –CHINA (1644-1911 STRONG EMPIRES
EUROPEAN TRADE AND THE DRAIN OF BULLION European Attempts to reverse the drain: Portuguese (Goa, Macao, Melaka) Dutch in Southeast Asia
Mughal Empire and the British in India • MADRAS (1639), BOMBAY (1661), CALCUTTA (1690) • BATTLE OF THE PLASSEY (1757)
Battle of the Plassey: Clive meets the Mughal Commander Lord Robert Clive
BRITISH COLONIAL RULE IN INDIA-PHASE I (1757-1858) TOOLS • Bureaucracy • Law • Colonial Tax GOALS • Make India pay for its administration • Find something that can be sold in India • Undermining Indian Textiles • Barred from markets controlled by the British • Import of British manufactures duty free • Conversion of fields from food to cash crops • Use India to enter China
BRITISH EXPEDITIONS TO CHINA Commodore Anson (1741) James Flint (1759) George McCartney (1792)
1450-1650 EuropeMiddle EastAsia Transformation Econ. Polit. Ottoman Portug. EmpireDutch in SEA End of feudal relations, State Expansion
1450-1650-1750 EuropeMiddle EastAsia To America-Ottoman EmpireMing Africa, Asia-Persian Empire to Qing Absolutism Portug, MercantilismDutchinSEA Mughal
The Age of Revolution (1750-1850) • Economy (Industrial Revolution) • Politics (American, French Revolutions; Revolutions of 1848) • Science (Enlightenment)