HSTR 347A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mughal Empire, East India Company, Scottish Enlightenment
2 Apr 2016
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1453 : fall of constantinople can"t go by land, by ocean. Birth of christ portuguese tradition : immediately start churches and monasteries. southern africa, east africa, from there, went to india. Asian elite : you have nothing of value for us. But not a violent response just not lose your time . Cultures of power and splendor = there is not one centralized ruler some many ways can get in contrary to. One of the thing they introduce : intermixing btw asian/african use of afro-asian. Many of the people who work of the portuguese : muslims ! Local expertise, people who can speak to muslim across borders. Violence and trade introduce violence in the protection of their trade network. Building of the posts created to protect their interest. Resource of the area, accumulating wealth for the crown wealth manage wherever supposed to all come back (engl : not following that model) prevaling idea at that time.
