March 20, 2018
(1800-1914)
Asia:
Western pressures were coming in from every which way and had a huge impact on the entire world, including China, who was seen as one of the more independent countries during the 19th century. Europe was the most powerful country at the time and everyone knew it, people respected them out of fear and did not want to cause any problems with them. European powers ended up taking over China and dividing it up.
Middle East:
The Ottoman Empire was just like China in the sense that they were very independent and not influenced by the popular Western ideas. The Islamic civilization wanted to focus on preserving what they have had for many years before, but that was hard to do with so much modernization going on around the world at this time. They tried as hard as they could to stay independent and be their own empire, but the European powers were aggressive and determined to get what they wanted. The Ottoman Empire began to decline after competing with European commerce.
Outcome:
East Asia and the Middle East both had to deal with the same complicated situation of European taking over their countries in order to expand their empire. While they dealt with very similar situations, they dealt with them in very different ways and this has to do with the power they already had and the resources that they had. Unfortunately, Europe won again and these empires were destroyed and taken over. This was another success for Europe, but a loss for these other countries that lost any power that they had.
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