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)

Mughal Empire

• 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

Emperor Qianlong

WORLD ECONOMIES COMPARED 1500-1775

The Age of Revolution (1750-1850)

• Economy (Industrial Revolution)

• Politics (American, French Revolutions; Revolutions of 1848)

• Science (Enlightenment)