Lucianna Balica
World history
Colonial Encounters in Asia and Africa
Millions of Africans and Asians were ruled by the British, French, Germans, Italians, Belgians, or Americans. The enormous productivity of industrial technology and Europe's growing affluence created need for extensive raw materials and agriculture production. Industrial capitalism produced more goods and people could barely afford it. For example the the 1840 Britain was exporting 60percent cotton -cloth production, annually sending 200 million yards to Europe, 300 million yards to Latin America and 145 to india. After 1875 most of the production came from British, French, or even Germany hands. By the 16 and 17th century the Europeans had taken much of the Americas and other continents. Europeans had to fight, often long and hard, to create their new empires.
the Hindus were controlled by a powerful group call the Mughal empire. The fragmentation of the Mughal empire and the absence of any overall sense of cultural or political unity both invited and facilitated European penetration. In Asia the country of Japan was also colonizing small islands of the Atlantic ocean. Many Europeans were racist and had strict rules for foreigners.
The centerpiece of Europe's global expansion during the 19th century occurred in the so-called content of Africa. Europeans countries divided up almost the entire content of Africa into colonial territories. As the Atlantic Slave Trade diminished over the course of the 19th century as well, Europeans began to look at Africa in new ways as a source of raw materials and as an opportunity for investment, as a market for industrial production. Scholars have argued that the scramble for Africa was driven less by concrete economic interests that by emotional, even romantic notions of personal adventure. While the scramble for Arica was happening the Europeans discovered Ethiopia, which helped boost Christian culture, literate elite, and rich agricultural resources. While the scramble Ethiopia also had an absolute monarchy government which led the Europeans to fight a gruesome battle. The Ethiopians fought the Italians and they won after that they got their Independence from the Europeans.
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