Trade+and+Colonization

Jeff Lafrance


 * Mughal Empire- ruled hundreds of millions of people
 * Mosque- is symbolically very important to Muslims, and is a humble way for man to recreate pure divine presence on earth.
 * **Why has India been an important center of trade?** **__among regions of the subcontinent and with the Mediterranean and Southeast Asia. Rome's conquest of Egypt in 30 BCE consolidated a maritime route to India that remained active into the 7th centur__****y.**
 * **What importance did spices play in the development of trade? What eventually ended the European demand for Indian spices? __textiles were the primary items traded with the West in exchange for wine, olive oil, and Roman coins. From roughly 200 BCE to 1500 CE, eastern and western traders traveled through northern India along a network of land routes that linked Rome in the west and Chang'an (today's Xian),__ **
 * **What was the significance of Vasco da Gama's arrival in Calicut?**
 * **Who did the British East India Company employ to assist the company in its domination of India?**
 * **How might people of the United States react to a corporation being given the authority to govern another country?**
 * **Why did the British push the development of railroads in India? What was the practical and symbolic nature of a British controlled railroad system in India?**
 * **Why is the bureaucracy the British created to control India considered impressive?**
 * **Why did the British allow the Indian National Congress to start meeting?**
 * **Evaluate the new power of British Empire after the defeat of the French in India, North America, and Europe in 1763.**
 * **Evaluate the new power of British Empire after the defeat of the French in India, North America, and Europe in 1763.**