ASIA AND THE WORLD (1450-1800)
STRONG EMPIRES:
• OTTOMAN (1299-1922),
• SAFAVID (1521-1722),
• MUGHAL (1526-1858),
• QING (1644-1911)
• EUROPEAN TRADE AND THE DRAIN OF BULLION
• EUROPEAN ATTEMPTS TO REVERSE THE DRAIN
• PORTUGUESE (GOA, MACAO, MALACCA)
• DUTCH IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
• BRITAIN– MADRAS (1639), BOMBAY (1661),
CALCUTTA (1690)
• BRITAIN– MADRAS (1639), BOMBAY (1661),
CALCUTTA (1690)– BATTLE OF THE PLASSEY (1757)
BRITISH COLONIAL RULE IN INDIA-PHASE I (1757-1858)
• Bureaucracy
• Law
• Colonial Tax
• Undermining British Textiles
CHINA UNDER THE QING (1644-1911)
BRITISH EXPEDITIONS TO CHINA
• Commodore Anson (1741)
• James Flint (1759)
• George Macartney (1792)
From Ming to Qing
WORLD ECONOMIES COMPARED 1500-1775
The Age of Revolution (1750-1850)
• Economy (Industrial Revolution)
• Politics (American, French Revolutions; Revolutions of 1848)
• Science (Enlightenment)