HSTR 347A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mughal Empire, East India Company, Qing Dynasty
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Hstr370 rising peoples : the struggle against colonialism in asia and africa. Emergence of european nation states = an angle into the making of the modern world. Early modern asian empires and east india companies 1600-1800. I- the old regimes and political change. This is how european would have refer to politics in place. People at the top = muslim rule over a very diversity of people (india : muslim people = minority / iran = majority) Connecting by the sea with th erest of the world. India : never fully conquered : great dynamism. European sought india was totally controlled by mughal empire. due to the fact : many small principalities very happy to do business with . Akbar the great 1556-1606 expansion and frontier central india originis, then implement north up india ; Accomodification and diversity (jesuits, hindues, jains, muslims ) europeans not used to see such religious diversity.