HIST 011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Matchlock, Gunpowder Empires, Babur
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Safavid empire: modern day iran shi(cid:859)a isla(cid:373) is pro(cid:373)i(cid:374)e(cid:374)t what spread into what is now just the middle east. Taj mahal time came in 1628 and ended in 1658 with the reign of shah jahan. Started with babur invading india, shortly after in 1556 lead to the reign of akbar = mughal golden age. They come under pressure from britain first in 1757 (by british east india company victory over the bengali forces). Death of the last mughal empire was followed by the indian uprising from 1857 to 58. During all this towards the indian ocean (in the asian islands): Great deal of competition began with limited resources like spices and sugars because they were a precious commodity at the time (competitive trading began because of this and so came the different european rules over different islands etc. 2nd world war was all that really brought down dutch rule over many of the islands in se asia.
