Overview From the early 15th century, Medieval Europe began to morph into early modern Europe. In the later Middle Ages trade had expanded, towns had grown in number and size, and a new, more sophisticated society had emerged. In large parts of western Europe feudalism, with its fragmented power-structures, had begun to give way to […]
East India Companies
British India
Historical outline Europeans had started coming to India to trade at the end of the 15th century – a generation before the first Mughal emperor had begun to rule. The coming of the Europeans The Portuguese were the first to arrive, in 1498, under their famous explorer, Vasco da Gama. Two years later the Portuguese […]
European World Empires
Contents Introduction Discoveries Conquistadors Colonial Rivalries The Colonization of North America and the Caribbean The Seven Years War The Revolutionary Wars Industrialized Imperialism The Scramble for Africa (and other places) The High Imperial Age The Decline of European Empires Introduction This is an introductory article to an astonishing chapter in world history. It deals with […]