By the year 1857, the British East India company was in control of large parts of the country of India. ... The British East India Company didn't respect the religious rights of the Hindus and Muslims who were members of the company's army or the other Indian citizens. ... East India personnel began to allow Christian missionary work to be carried out, and British officers started to expose their Indian soldiers to Christian teachings. ... Expansion into the Middle East and other far away places forced soldiers to travel across water, which meant the loss of their caste for those bor...

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India's modern history begins in the 14th century when European nations began to flex their imperialistic muscles in the Middle East and Asia. ... With the approval of local Indian rulers, the East India Company established trading posts in Madras, Bombay and Calcutta. ... The French arrived in the middle of the 17th century, signalling the beginning of militarization. ... For this reason the British East India Company took control of the country in around 1818, defeating the ruling ancient Mogul empire. ... However, the rebellion failed, and as a result both the East India Company and ...

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Following the colonization's of India and Africa, Britain and other major would powers enjoyed economic income and new appeal to middle class people about the adventures that their country went through to colonized other lands. ... Britain looked into the East India Company because it was starting to control the Mughals. Soon my 1757 the East India Company was the leading power in India and through Viceroys Britain was controlling India. ... Britain started from north and south, while France started from east and west. ... After India being conquered by Britain and Africa by Europe, man...

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Churchill took a major role in setting the foundation of the welfare state in Britain, he prepared the Royal Navy for world war I , and he helped settle the political boundaries in the middle east after the war. ... Winston was then taken to a prison camp in Pretoria, where he made a dramatic escape and eventually traveled along the Portuguese East African boundaries back to the fighting front in Natal. ... As secretary of state for air and colonies, he had a major role in setting the political boundaries for Arab states in the Middle East, while supporting a Jewish national h...

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Iran thought that the United States was planning yet again another coup to place the Shah back in power in order to access more oil, since this is what occurred in the 1950s.6 Stephen Kinzer explains in his book how the U.S. handles business in the Middle East, especially secret operations. ... The Middle East has always had struggles for power and its foreign policy with the United States was only further damaged with the coup d'état. Tradition, history, and religion shape political life in the Middle East that many outsiders would not comprehend.7 Kinzer suggests that terror ...

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The Boxer Rebellion led to a mass military effort to secure trade of opium in the Far East. ... He strengthened the armies that the East India Company had raised. ... In 1813, the monopoly of the English East India Company was broken and all British citizens were allowed to trade with India. ... This act transferred authority for India from the East India Company to Queen Victoria. ... A giant wool sac sits in the middle of the House of Lords, representing the wealth that was built on the wool trade. ...

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What were the varying motivations of European countries in regards to their expansion into the New World?  Please discuss at least 3 countries and at least 3 of their motivations in your own words. One of the principal reasons for exploration was the urge to find new routes to East Asia. In 1400s, ...

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The remaining ANZACs were evacuated and returned to the Middle East and the Western Front where they were involved in other battles. ... It also recognises the sacrifices made in other conflicts including WW2, Korea, South East Asia, the Persian Gulf, and the Balkans. ...

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"(1539) Orwell feels caught in the middle of this cultural struggle. ... Being a minority these among natives, Orwell comes to realize that, "[his] whole life, [and] every white man's life in the East, was one long struggle not to be laughed at...

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It arose from the work of the British East India Company with only occasional assistance from the British Government. ... The resentment that the Indians felt towards the British was one of the factors that led to the growth of a nationalist movement primarily within the British educated middle class. ...

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