HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: East India Company, Mughal Empire, New Imperialism
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Imperialism: religion did play a role in new imperialism i. e. , wanting to convert indigenous peoples of africa and asia to christianity. Both the suez canal (constructed 1859-1869) and the panama canal (constructed 1904: facilitated the building and maintenance of empires. Military technologies: by the 19th century, european armies had an arsenal vastly superior to any other area of the world, europeans armies were able to impose colonial rule against far more numerous opponents. British empire in india: the british empire in south asia and southeast asia grew out of the mercantile activities of the english. Items of trade included indian pepper and cotton, chinese silk and porcelain and spies from southeast asia. During the 18th century, tea and coffee became the most prominent trade items. East india company rule: as the mughal empire became weaker after the death of the emperor aurangzeb in 1707, the east india.
