HIST 105 Lecture 2: 2 - Global (British) Empires
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Empire dominated international system late 19th c early. One of the oldest empires in late 19th c. Europeans started looking towards asia for trade/exploration across atlantic ocean. Ended bc of ww1- defeated and land given to victors (british and french) Largely practice islam islam practiced in south/east asia tied in global trade trans saharan trade routes. Nigeria colony of britain (1912-1915) britain started further exploration (1880) Acquired by european empries (partition of africa) 1896 battle of adioa, italians failed to acquire ethiopia (tried in 1935) 1990 canada, australia, india, countries in africa, Different types of political relations in india between leaders of region in some regions, it was ruled by prince overseen by. Vengal was initial start of british rule. Austro hungarian empire (does not exist today) 1867- Countries born out of this empire were sovereign. Early 19th c acquired independence from spain, as a result of napoleonic wars in europe. Oversees empires were dominant empires in international system.
