How Did India Fall to the Europeans? | East vs. West

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Odd Compass

Odd Compass

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European colonial history in Asia -- from the British in India to the Dutch in Indonesia -- is often misunderstood. We're (incorrectly) taught that the East India Companies dominated Asia early, giving rise to more direct European control over their newfound colonies.
The truth is much more interesting. In this video, I focus on India to tell the story of the West vs. the East in the "Age of Discovery."
European dominance of imperial Asia really only began in the mid-1700s, and that too is a poorly explained phenomenon. In reality, the factors giving rise to European dominance were mostly luck-based, and were the inevitable result of late medieval military-social change in Europe: the Military Revolution.
Enjoy!
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Further reading:
"Empires of the Weak: the Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World Order," by J.C. Sharman
"Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not," by Prasannan Parthasarathi
"The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy," by Kenneth Pomeranz

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@OddCompass
@OddCompass 2 роки тому
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@Dosaskillz
@Dosaskillz 2 роки тому
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@arnavpandey3823
@arnavpandey3823 2 роки тому
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@mayankbisht7691
@mayankbisht7691 2 роки тому
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@Dosaskillz
@Dosaskillz 2 роки тому
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@bprogressive
@bprogressive 2 роки тому
we need more and detailed scientific analysis of historical events of Asia especially of india. As we are going through a phase of the 1920s Italy or Germany of mixture of both in current indian politics. Please help us to not being 1930s Europe in near future. BTW you can check out sand roman history channel. Super work 👌👌
@hashmarker4994
@hashmarker4994 2 роки тому
The reason India was so decentralised was because of how diverse it was. Its easier to control a region by recruiting a local warlord/chieftain/clan leader than earn the trust of the completely different community.
@VICKORTY
@VICKORTY 2 роки тому
For example, Bengal always claimed indepence, whenever Central power in North India grew weak
@hashmarker4994
@hashmarker4994 2 роки тому
@ABHISHEK RAJU i abhor discrimination based on religion and caste too. Heck I hate religion. But India has this thing were individual communities were segregated based on tribalistic leanings due to which they only favoured their community members. The Caste System is a direct extreme result of that. Social Darwinianism favors traits that allow self propogation or survival of idealogies as well. This allowed the wholly different communities within the subcontinent. There are segregations based on religious, casteist, racial, ethnic, cultural and linguistic lines as well. In a lot of other parts of the worlds the differences were not along as many lines as here. The only reason this diversity exists is because they closed of any genetic breeding between communities which typically cultminates into a single group identity. Not saying its a good thing. Heck, a common identity would have made things a lot easier (but bloodier) for us. But it is what it is.
@VICKORTY
@VICKORTY 2 роки тому
@ABHISHEK RAJU Europe was diverse, just like us. And Europe is not a country. India you can say is a rare sight or exception where so much versatile population group was able to unite under one banner and called a nation.
@VICKORTY
@VICKORTY 2 роки тому
@ABHISHEK RAJU that's true
@HS-or6eo
@HS-or6eo 2 роки тому
@ABHISHEK RAJU source
@HistoryOfRevolutions
@HistoryOfRevolutions 2 роки тому
"The rebellion was in great measure put down by turning the races of India against each other. So long as this can be done, the government of India from England is possible. But, if this were to change and should the population be moulded into a single nationality, we would have to leave.” - Sir John Seeley
@sushanalone
@sushanalone 2 роки тому
TA Da Dannn! (Anon 1947)
@mudra5114
@mudra5114 2 роки тому
Sounds lovely ke a fake qoute to me. The British United India and created a united nation.
@arnavpandey3823
@arnavpandey3823 2 роки тому
@@mudra5114 you're been sarcastic right?
@mudra5114
@mudra5114 2 роки тому
@@arnavpandey3823 No.
@arnavpandey3823
@arnavpandey3823 2 роки тому
@@mudra5114 stop reading the British propaganda then i guess
@mortazahaidary9695
@mortazahaidary9695 Рік тому
Japan was the only Asian country that saw the rise of European powers and quickly industrialised their country and by ww1 to ww2 became a great power in the east that rivalled even the British empire.
@mint8648
@mint8648 Рік тому
Bengal mysore tried
@Fam98KK
@Fam98KK Рік тому
Yeah, in Asia Arabia and Persia declined, while Ottoman's started declining, China was ununited and India fell to brit. Japan understood the assignment
@wolverine9377
@wolverine9377 Рік тому
Japan was like not even 10% of what British achieved, They just got lucky they captured some part of china mainly cuz china was going through civil war and weakened by European, Other countries like veitnam and other were like colonies and their people actually supported Japanese To fight against European in asia.
@chrisriverata1917
@chrisriverata1917 Рік тому
Japan Fighting Britain in Asia would be like Britain Fighting Japan in Europe. Most island nations are built for defense and the Japanese and the British were lucky that most of the world is traversable through water.
@chrisriverata1917
@chrisriverata1917 Рік тому
@@wolverine9377 Then they got brutal repressed because Japan was actually a colonial power.
@AmoghHalageri
@AmoghHalageri 2 роки тому
2:48 I remember reading this part of the story, and its very interesting. The Portugese didn't know how to navigate the Arabian sea to reach India. That knowledge was a safely guarded secret of the Arabian sailors. Fortunately, they found a shipwrecked sailor who belonged to the South Indian state of Kerala, and they agreed to provide him the security and safe passage in exchange for the secret knowledge. He then told the Portuguese that the trick is to simply follow the Monsoon Trade Winds, which head straight to India. Without this knowledge, the Portuguese may or may not have reached India since it was hard to navigate those seas without any experience.
@marksnow7569
@marksnow7569 Рік тому
Early in the 15th century, the Portuguese had instituted a generations-long programme of exploration, each voyage building on the knowledge gained by the previous ones. They were playing the long game, and would inevitably have reached India sooner or later
@thechosenone1533
@thechosenone1533 Рік тому
That's the trick, follow the winds? That's a very old trick. They were guided on the trip but it wasn't a closely guarded secret. The guide just told them where to go.
@oldtownboy8107
@oldtownboy8107 Рік тому
Who do you think the portuguese are ? The portuguese were one of the well organized and highly developed maritime power since the roman era even before the arabs started seeing the ocean . But they didn't navigated both the west and east until the colonization . All their navigations were to the places in the european and african continents . Even the Roman empire itself had well established trade networks with the east especially india . The Rome even had it's own port in the exact same indian state of kerala called Muziris where they also had a roman temple and garrisons for the Roman Military . And after the collapse of Rome , the informations about the trades where passed on to the newly formed kingdoms and later to portugal . And there is no surprise that the portugal became the first global sea power in the history . There is no secret for arabs , all they did the job of middle person or an agent between europe and asia . Even without arabs or their knowledge the portugal will find its way to india but takes a bit more time and efforts for them that's all . The exact same portugal reached the brazil and cape of good hope without other's help . Ferdinand magellan , who is the first person to prove the earth is spherical by navigating from one place and circled the globe to reach the starting point is from portugal , and there was no arab or chinese to help him . Even the Portugal is named after port , this shows the influence of oceans has on Portugal and influence of Portugal on all the oceans .
@sca8217
@sca8217 Рік тому
My Indian brother, please widen your reading before you make these broad generalizations. "Without this knowledge , the Portuguese....without any experience" is a statement that reeks of ignorance and points towards your tendency to quote from dubious sources instead of actually reading up.
@AmoghHalageri
@AmoghHalageri Рік тому
@@sca8217 If you wish to debate, present your arguments and win it like a professional. No ad hominems please.
@kuroazrem5376
@kuroazrem5376 2 роки тому
I once read that Bengal had all the necessary conditions to industralize, and that the Brits, not wanting competition, dismantled their economy, thus reducing them to poverty.
@rejoanbary2155
@rejoanbary2155 2 роки тому
The Bengali people have a disorganized society. That's why the conditions being there doesn’t matter, most aren’t going to change their behaviors to match with the requirements for industrialisation.
@rejoanbary2155
@rejoanbary2155 2 роки тому
@Md Miah The key here is 'complicated' and that they weren’t disloyal to their country whilst the Bengalis ( my people) did not even have any loyalty to our country or whatever local leader. This incentivised disloyalty and still does.
@mohanjaiswal792
@mohanjaiswal792 2 роки тому
@@rejoanbary2155 There is no concept of country in the context of nation state in 18th century bengali society. Thousands of bengalis have sacrificed their lives in the freedom struggle of India, more than any other ethnicities of India. Who tf are you to talk shit about bengalis?
@Swift-mr5zi
@Swift-mr5zi 2 роки тому
What you read was complete nonsense Bengal was far more poor, was far less technologically advanced, had backwards political organisation, lower agricultural productivity, and was always being attacked from outside powers.
@bobettethedestroyerthebuil1034
@bobettethedestroyerthebuil1034 2 роки тому
It’s likely that industrialization of Britain happened because of the annexation of Bengal
@part-timebrock1126
@part-timebrock1126 2 роки тому
Chinese and Indian Empires always were the Top Economies in past....
@HinduPAGANcowpissdrinkerRAKESH
@HinduPAGANcowpissdrinkerRAKESH 2 роки тому
Bengal sultanate was one of the richest till British and Portuguese pirates arrived
@Vajrapani108
@Vajrapani108 2 роки тому
@@dhritishmandeka4371 both of them were by far the richest countries for many millennia, both of them suffered heavy decline, yet one of them is on its way to claim the top, and another is rising again. According to the world bank indian economy grew by 8.4%, according to RBI it grew by 9.5%. The GDP is predicted to overtake France next year. The future is bright, enough with the pessimism!
@Vajrapani108
@Vajrapani108 2 роки тому
@N Gaming if per capita mattered, then Switzerland would have been leading the world
@Vajrapani108
@Vajrapani108 2 роки тому
@N Gaming the video mentions a centralised system with systematic taxation system combined with a innovative industry, per capita has no place here. If anything, up until the heavy tax barriers imposed by the British, indian textiles still maintained a good foothold, and was actually prefered by European nobles for being finer and better quality, contrary to mass produced factory goods of early industrial period. The de-industrialisation of India had to be very much forced upon by imposing huge tax barriers on indian exports, and not something that was a direct effect of free market. And talking about pre-industrial world, indian factories maintained the top position, and the producers earned more than their European counterparts. Even the farmers of india fared better than Europe (not talking about UK here) because India has bigger and more rivers than Europe, and gets an yearly rain in the form of monsoon. The indian agricultural poverty only happened due to forced opium plantation by East india company, as opium was neither something anyone other than the British brought, and it basically destroys the soil fertility
@Vajrapani108
@Vajrapani108 2 роки тому
@N Gaming go ahead and redo middle school
@minhtue90
@minhtue90 Рік тому
A few other really interesting points that the author didn’t touch: the invention of the joint stock exchange, which unlocked national wealth and fueled colonial projects that aimed at profitability instead of national pride or military show-off (and if the commercial project failed, the government and investors were protected from political liability), the durability of higher learning institutions in Europe (India universities like Nalanda were destroyed), the royal families in Europe were related (so there was a degree of stability among the states, such as Spain, Portugal, France, England, Russia, Austria, etc). Europeans fought many wars, but they usually left the important institutions and cities intact; few states disappeared completely like Vijaynagara.
@swatisquantum
@swatisquantum Рік тому
Dang good point!
@Randompanda188
@Randompanda188 Рік тому
Current Vijayanagara empire became two different states Telangana and Karnataka.
@valiyapurakkalNarayanankutty
@valiyapurakkalNarayanankutty Рік тому
Dude that IS the answer to this entire video.
@himanshusingh5214
@himanshusingh5214 Рік тому
Capitalism and Corporation
@mongoose6685
@mongoose6685 Рік тому
Europe was unified by Christianity, the Holy Roman Empire and academia by the Latin language. The fights between Catholics and Protestants did not result in stagnation.
@bigheadrhino
@bigheadrhino Рік тому
Main Lesson: don’t underestimate or look down on others. The Asian powers with all their awesome stuff took no interest in seeing what the Europeans were up to or even fathom that they could produce anything of worth. The Chinese emperor famously rejected British technology for trade. Imagine how different their last few centuries would have gone if they had had the foresight of the Japanese and used the leverage they had at the time to learn from the Europeans. Hindsight is 20/20 but makes me really wonder who is being underestimated right now.
@knowledgedesk1653
@knowledgedesk1653 Рік тому
Wrong. Indian Kingdoms like Mysore, Maratha and Sikh empire for example were trying to modernize. And Mysore gunpowder technology compared to British at that time. But that time it was too late
@bigheadrhino
@bigheadrhino Рік тому
@@knowledgedesk1653 how am I wrong though? They were too late, doesn’t mean they would have fared better doing nothing.
@riyadougla539
@riyadougla539 Рік тому
So well said. Even during the 1857 mutiny the last Mughal simply didn't bother seizing the opportunity to oust the EIC. The Japanese were smarter in that regard, leading to the Meiji Restoration.
@dv9239
@dv9239 Рік тому
As old Greek and Arab records say Indians were disinterested and ignorant of the outside world and anything outside the subcontinent was nothing to them Just like modern Americans who live in their own bubble Guess wealth is the culprit rich States do grow ignorant overtime
@freedom_fight
@freedom_fight Рік тому
@@knowledgedesk1653 Wrong. Marathas did nothing and never tried to modernise. Hindu cast system was very strong among marathas and they were weak.
@konycurrentyear7053
@konycurrentyear7053 2 роки тому
An excellent video, but a small nitpick is that most of Britain's coal reserves aren't actually near London. They are in places like South Wales and the North of England. This is partly why the North developed a separate industrial base outside of London.
@OddCompass
@OddCompass 2 роки тому
Thanks! Many of the academic sources I read insisted upon coal reserves near London, so I wonder if there were small initial reserves near London during the early industrial revolution era.
@ajithsidhu7183
@ajithsidhu7183 2 роки тому
@@OddCompass sikh empire please
@ajithsidhu7183
@ajithsidhu7183 2 роки тому
@@OddCompass king porus as well please
@JokerJoker-xc7xb
@JokerJoker-xc7xb 2 роки тому
@@OddCompass Woooow What an Utter Complete Garbage History you have put in front of whole world... One Simple Question for you!!!! Britian didnot have any Logistics, the Infantry were less in Numbers How those 5000 British Soldiers Defeated More than 5 Crore Soldiers of a Different Geography Terrain???
@MukulBhardwaj0
@MukulBhardwaj0 2 роки тому
@@JokerJoker-xc7xb Wow thats the most ignorant statement I have read in 2022 so far
@bnb6868
@bnb6868 2 роки тому
Spanish trade went via Mexico so there was two big trading bases in the empire: Seville (Spanish and American trade) and Mexico city (America and the Asia). Most Asian commodities other than spices or silk rarely made it to Spain but were rather common to encounter in Mexico city. The trading elite and their families had a lot of Asian furniture decorations etc which lead to a syncretic kind of living style of a kind of hispano Asian interior design. America's connection with Asia is often ignored because Spanish involvement in Asia and the pacific is often overshadowed or underestimated compared to England Dutch and Portuguese
@zakaryloreto6526
@zakaryloreto6526 2 роки тому
Acapulco was the main trading port between Asia and The Americas as it was right next to the Pacific Ocean, but then those goods from Acapulco would enter Mexico City as Mexico City is inland.
@bnb6868
@bnb6868 2 роки тому
@@zakaryloreto6526 yes but Acapulco was just the harbor like Ostia for Rome. The trading exchanging sending off etc all happened in Mexico city
@maYTeus
@maYTeus Рік тому
I remember learning from another UKposts comment that Spain used Mexico as a launchpad into Asia.
@bnb6868
@bnb6868 Рік тому
@@maYTeus Yes after they realised there's a continent between Europe and Asia they retook from the americas the original Asia goal
@my_other_side473
@my_other_side473 Рік тому
@@bnb6868 the Only Trading Ports of Spain in Asia is the Philippines. The Galleon Trade between Manila, Philippines and Acapulco, Mexico. Had two round trips per Year.
@viswa5409
@viswa5409 Рік тому
This is a great detailed info .. this content prep would have taken months to compile and present. Thank you for all the pains taken to give us such quality content!
@450Chicago
@450Chicago 8 місяців тому
Thank you for producing this. Excellent storytelling. I'm watching it over and over again
@jagdishtechs
@jagdishtechs 2 роки тому
Not very detailed and precise (with Indian power struggle and socio-economics) but still far better interpretation and explanation than many others.
@MegaShubhankit
@MegaShubhankit 2 роки тому
Point 3, 4, 5 are hypothetical
@bobettethedestroyerthebuil1034
@bobettethedestroyerthebuil1034 2 роки тому
Yea, they also for some reason did not bring up the needed wealth and resources from the americas in their points, despite bringing up silver earlier.
@echosmith5256
@echosmith5256 2 роки тому
@Md Miah he glossed over the systemic deindustrialization of India and acted like it was a natural phenomenon rather than deliberate European policy - Europeans knew what they were doing when they encouraged colonies to become raw material producers but actively discouraged any form of vertical integration. Also did not touch upon cultural factors like akbar banning the printing press to preserve jobs for scribes, and the nature of caste in preventing broad based education in India. European societies got better organized through conflict but also because of social changes that accompanied it
@mint8648
@mint8648 2 роки тому
@@echosmith5256 true. britain was lucky it conquered bengal.
@Sai-zu2hy
@Sai-zu2hy 2 роки тому
@@echosmith5256 yes you are right they always encouraged importation rather than locally manufacturing or helping to bring more technology
@ihatemotionblur_3255
@ihatemotionblur_3255 2 роки тому
The British Conquest of India was an amazing look into European and Indian history, and there was so much drama, thrill and twists among all the people who were involved in this. From the traitorous intrigue among Indian courts, to the deceitful British Merchants and Company Officials who were given landowning rights by the Mughals, and fooled, divided and conquered the numerous kingdoms and duchies. The British had subsidiary alliances with everyone from Punjab to Travancore. This video is awesome, and really goes into the detail on this invasion. The British conquest could've been ended at any time if the native kingdoms like Mysore, Hyderabad and Marathas banded together to repel them. This is definitely one of my most favorite periods in history.
@SafavidAfsharid3197
@SafavidAfsharid3197 2 роки тому
Actually the Peshwa of Maratha confederacy, Nizamate of Hyderabad and Kingdom of Mysore did planned to make an anti-british allience but that allience didn't came to reality and failed.
@BatCostumeGuy
@BatCostumeGuy 2 роки тому
@@SafavidAfsharid3197 The British outplayed and pitted the rulers against each other.
@gourav4672
@gourav4672 2 роки тому
this video is actually all over the place, the very main reason India fell, was because the Mughal Maratha wars left no one central power and complete collapse of socio-economic factors, which the British saw as opportunity and used it very well, simple.
@harshitjaiswal5529
@harshitjaiswal5529 2 роки тому
@@SafavidAfsharid3197 I dont actually see them ever being together as these powers are polar opposites of each others
@SafavidAfsharid3197
@SafavidAfsharid3197 2 роки тому
@@harshitjaiswal5529 then you should look into anti-british allience of Nizam-mysore-maratha. Because history is complicated. Ex- Maratha allying with Mughal to invade rajputs or rajputs attacking jatts.
@salazarway
@salazarway 2 роки тому
Thank you for the information. It's always a pleasure to learn from history. Best regards to all, from Portugal
@rohanxdavis
@rohanxdavis Рік тому
Excellent content! You make important factors in our history accessible for all
@daakuredpanda5782
@daakuredpanda5782 2 роки тому
Man! Quality content. As an Indian, I am grateful. Thanks a lot and a very Happy New Year!
@raunakshahi
@raunakshahi 2 роки тому
I appreciate you making quality content on Indian history as it is a vastly untouched topic by many youtubers! Hope you grow to a million subs soon!
@krantiwithshruti
@krantiwithshruti Рік тому
Great work …!! Deep research and quality documentary Thank you 🙏🏻
@cidadao.romano
@cidadao.romano 2 роки тому
Um prazer ver o nascimento de um grande canal! 🤓
@tarunrobin8576
@tarunrobin8576 2 роки тому
Hey, thanks for making this content. It's hard to find quality content about the Indian history in UKposts. Really appreciate it!
@TheLazyVideo
@TheLazyVideo 2 роки тому
“Necessity is the mother of invention” And the longer timeframe of political stability helps with innovation.
@Lionoftruth7
@Lionoftruth7 11 місяців тому
What about cold blooded mass murdering ? Savage blood thirsty minds ?
@strauss7151
@strauss7151 Рік тому
Your artwork style is excellent. It really breathes new life into history.
@dwarasamudra8889
@dwarasamudra8889 2 роки тому
Great Video 👍What topics are u thinking about next ? I recommend Indian Urban Architecture and planning. Cities like Vijayanagara, Delhi, Agra, Gangaikonda Cholapuram, Pataliputra, Manyakheta, Ahmedabad, Anahilapataka, Gauda, Kharjuravahaka, Kanyakubja, Parihaspura, Jaipur etc had really interesting layouts
@seanpoore2428
@seanpoore2428 2 роки тому
This was a great breakdown of an almost always oversimplified topic
@micahistory
@micahistory 2 роки тому
I love the smooth animation and good narration, keep it up!
@mensurhamzic5199
@mensurhamzic5199 Рік тому
Great video. Really added a new dimension to already known facts. Thanks!
@immad9706
@immad9706 Рік тому
The analysis show how deep your study is..... the 5 points were so accurate
@Iyervval
@Iyervval 2 роки тому
FANTASTIC as usual. Could you recommend some additional reading on the Asian silver shortage and the crises it spawned please?
@walterwhite9520
@walterwhite9520 2 роки тому
Are you real Abhijit Iyer Mitra sir?
@sourabhdebnath4165
@sourabhdebnath4165 2 роки тому
@@walterwhite9520 he is the real one
@walterwhite9520
@walterwhite9520 2 роки тому
@@sourabhdebnath4165 wanted to tell him stop writing chutiyaap stuff on first-post and other websites and news portals. sadly he didnt reply.
@amoghavarshanripatunga
@amoghavarshanripatunga 2 роки тому
@@walterwhite9520 Still better than the shit they publish in The Hindu or The IE lmao
@harshitjaiswal5529
@harshitjaiswal5529 2 роки тому
@@walterwhite9520 Nah bro he isnt he would know more about this time period than anyone else
@Vatsalya17
@Vatsalya17 2 роки тому
14:15 I call absolute bullsh*t. They didn't outcompete anything. It was the discriminatory tax regime that outcompeted the Indian textiles. European Factory made textiles were brought tax-free, whereas taxes as heavy as 95% were imposed on Indian weavers.
@kairyumina6407
@kairyumina6407 2 роки тому
That is true, but it is even more complex than that. The only reason that European markets had access to enough cotton to even produce enough textiles to compete at the ridiculous advantage you just cited is because of colonialism and slavery in the new world. So there is also an element of exploitation and genocide fueling Europe's rise at this time.
@user-vi3pi9rf7w
@user-vi3pi9rf7w 2 роки тому
That's literally how UK got almost everything, they had the jackpot.
@mint8648
@mint8648 2 роки тому
@@kairyumina6407 the cotton also came from india
@kairyumina6407
@kairyumina6407 2 роки тому
@@mint8648 my understanding was that Indian grown cotton for the most part was processed into textiles in India, whereas it was American cotton (and eventually also Egyptian cotton) that was being used in the industrial revolution in Britain. It has been a long time since I was in college looking at those primary sources. I do know that a big reason the cobfederacy expected Britain to bail them out was British dependence on southern cotton, but the British had the ability to replace their southern sources with Egyptian options. Though I suppose by that point they had large stakes in India too so they were likely also importing either cotton or textiles or both from india
@Vatsalya17
@Vatsalya17 2 роки тому
@UC8S63luqkDOBlEksakwkBZA no lol. Go and see a timeline. Industrial revolution in Britain and Conquering of India took place at the same time. Bengal was de-industrialised so that Britain could industrialize
@sainatha
@sainatha 2 роки тому
Recommend reading "Unwanted Neighbours: The Mughals, the Portuguese, and Their Frontier Zones" for an understanding of how the early communications were like, between the european and the indian powers
@marksnow7569
@marksnow7569 Рік тому
The curious thing about the Mughals and the Portuguese is that the Portuguese established their power in south-west India years *before* Babur's Mughal forces arrived from the north-west.
@sainatha
@sainatha Рік тому
@@marksnow7569 yep!
@dv9239
@dv9239 Рік тому
@@marksnow7569 just a few years of difference I guess All happened during the reign of Emperor Shri Krishna Devaraya of Vijayanagaram
@marksnow7569
@marksnow7569 Рік тому
@@dv9239 Yes, Goa celebrated its 450th anniversary as a Portuguese colony in 1960
@vkaeshala
@vkaeshala 2 роки тому
Man!!! Your channel is original and no one makes content on the topics you choose like courtesans, vijayanagara empire.....you are awesome man!!! I'll definitely contribute to your creator guild...
@qwerasdliop2810
@qwerasdliop2810 2 роки тому
Just a factual clarification, it has been corrected time and time again how Indian textiles served a completely different- high quality market which is why it couldn't be brought down even by the industrial revolution (like kings weren't gonna switch to lower quality when they could get that sweet sweet indian gucci) What ended up being the final nail in the coffin was the insanely high taxes imposed on exporting these textiles, while buying up indigenous cotton subsidized, and then destroying the looms of the workers. When taxes, high costs of cotton and destroying looms weren't enough, they just resorted cutting off thumbs. Woo! England amiright!
@kailash4799
@kailash4799 2 роки тому
Yess! Thanks for the clarification mate!
@sanaksanandan
@sanaksanandan 2 роки тому
That's the bloody history.
@marksnow7569
@marksnow7569 Рік тому
"When taxes, high costs of cotton and destroying looms weren't enough, they just resorted cutting off thumbs" That's a myth, which was refuted by Gandhi himself in the 1920s. The thumb-cutting was done by Indian workers themselves to avoid being forced to do skilled work for minimum wages.
@marksnow7569
@marksnow7569 Рік тому
​@Unknown All the non-hearsay evidence indicates that the British and their agents did not cut thumbs, though they did a lot of other bad things to Indian workers. Gandhi followed the evidence, and I suggest you do too.
@johnfrancis6413
@johnfrancis6413 Рік тому
@Unknown And your mum slept with Godse . I learnt it from whatsapp university
@janakunofficial9109
@janakunofficial9109 2 роки тому
Very informative!
@Kong-se5ht
@Kong-se5ht 2 роки тому
amazing video, i'm a MA history student currently learning a lot of this stuff, you have summarised it all brilliantly (great divergence etc). animations are also getting better too, what software do you use?
@anonkiddo
@anonkiddo Рік тому
Bro this video needs to be in high school curriculum in India - such great description of a rather very jumbled concept. If you don’t mind, I’m going to use your research for a video series of my own. Lovely loveLet lovely work.
@Ritvik-xs3yh
@Ritvik-xs3yh 2 роки тому
Great video!!! 👍👍 Bro any chance of us getting a video atleast once a month.🤗 This channel is the next 'Kings and Generals' mark my words💪💪 We are always there to support you😎😎
@AdityaKashi
@AdityaKashi 2 роки тому
Nice video! I have been thinking myself about this topic for a while, so your explanation hinging on artillery is quite interesting. And I agree that the greater stability and institutionalization of European states, especially England, was a big advantage for them. There are still many blanks to fill though. Did you investigate why artillery did not lead to the development of more long-lived and institutionalized states in India? Perhaps it's to do with the organization of society being very different compared to England, which would in turn have to do with history further down, and ultimately differences in geography and climate.
@OddCompass
@OddCompass 2 роки тому
Thanks, Aditya! And in fact I did investigate the military revolution in India. I did an entire video on it, actually - check out my gunpowder empires of India video for more details! It led to some centralization initially, but the dissemination of raw iron artillery revived the power of feudal lords and decentralized imperial power once again.
@autodidact537
@autodidact537 11 місяців тому
@@OddCompass It wasn't just for economic reasons that the Westerners went exploring (and conquering), they were also generally more curious & interested about the world outside of Europe compared to other peoples of the world.
@mhassan8439
@mhassan8439 11 місяців тому
​@Autodidact And they European were cruel as hell when they invaded and started taking advantage of local weak people .But they were also lucky because they came in good time when India had no Strong or Brutal rulers, if India had a nationalist rulers like emperor Aurangzeb or Ashoka these European would have no chance .
@theentertainmentnation4694
@theentertainmentnation4694 8 місяців тому
@@mhassan8439 Wrong....nothing could stop the industrial revolution from happening in Europe manly GB...The british smoked the indian subcontinent at the same time they were fighting Napolean just to put in perspective...even China was humilliated in the opium wars decades later not even facing the main british fleet
@EdwinTyler
@EdwinTyler 8 місяців тому
​@@mhassan8439not at all, European technology of war was far superior than what India possessed and no amount of ferocity of any Indian king could have changed the outcome of the war. This isn't a Bollywood movie we're talking about.
@kaisersozay99
@kaisersozay99 9 місяців тому
Wicked one mate. Superb analysis.
@absbi0000
@absbi0000 Рік тому
Your videos are amazing and with much needed perspective that has been long underserved. Autosubbed.
@micahistory
@micahistory 2 роки тому
i like how this channel specifically focuses on india, it's often too underrated
@alperena1675
@alperena1675 Рік тому
This is the most nuanced and accurate multiple-lens analysis of the topic I have yet to see on UKposts. Keep up the fantastic content!
@desertwhisperings
@desertwhisperings Рік тому
Excellent video, balanced analysis and really interesting insights.
@tamizhumuyirum
@tamizhumuyirum 8 місяців тому
one of best videos on modern history...this was summarized so well
@sarthakthapliyal4710
@sarthakthapliyal4710 Рік тому
I like to study about the British diplomacy in India. It is filled with lessons on Colonization , Domination and Longevity of rule. Interestingly it also teaches how unstable such rules are. I also like to study about China and cannot help drawing similarities between it and British Empire.
@chrisriverata1917
@chrisriverata1917 Рік тому
Yeah who would've guessed communism's high corruption is still leaching the life out of that country
@enternalinferno
@enternalinferno Рік тому
Great video! 13:45 this is disputed though, since most of the power was sctually unlocked by hydro power, not coal
@Myndir
@Myndir Рік тому
And coal did little for industralisation in many places, like China or Poland, until much later.
@bibekanandasur8054
@bibekanandasur8054 2 роки тому
A very nice video better than many others in a very limited time frame great . India's position has been covered pretty well
@nerdintellect956
@nerdintellect956 2 роки тому
The perspective is great. Some of these perspective even came to my mind but it seems rare that people understand
@Inaf1987
@Inaf1987 2 роки тому
Hi Great Summary, but I feel you could have expanded more in new world crops like Potatoes and Maize, which increased food production in Europe and freed up more workforce for industry.
@tashidelek7183
@tashidelek7183 2 роки тому
Not a Chinese empire It's TIBET above INDIA. PLEASE DONT MISLEAD.
@phanboichau8498
@phanboichau8498 2 роки тому
By that time the Chinese had colonised tibet
@OddCompass
@OddCompass 2 роки тому
It’s an old map made by the British - at that time, the Qing had conquered Tibet and administered it semi-autonomously. That control was short lived however.
@mint8648
@mint8648 2 роки тому
yea i think tibet should be marked as separate but with china in parentheses
@tashidelek7183
@tashidelek7183 2 роки тому
TRUTH WILL PREVAIL. BHOE GYALO 💪
@pixelite43
@pixelite43 Рік тому
Dont Worry Tashi, Tibet Will be Intendent one day
@MrMcfire2
@MrMcfire2 5 місяців тому
Fantastically put together video! clear and comprenhensive
@adityabaksi636
@adityabaksi636 2 роки тому
A very detailed and awesome video. Loved it.
@mayankbisht7691
@mayankbisht7691 2 роки тому
This video quality is equal to that of Kings and Generals. Your quality has improved a lot.
@OddCompass
@OddCompass 2 роки тому
Thank you very much!
@shoubhaniknath1924
@shoubhaniknath1924 Рік тому
British textile industry did not outperform Indian textile industries. Even when Britain was churning out low quality low cost textile, there was huge demand for eastern handloom textiles which were of far superior quality. To compete, the British actually put heavy taxes on Indian textiles, even in India itself. They sought to systematically destroy the industry, rather than outperform it.
@akshaykamble1044
@akshaykamble1044 2 роки тому
wonderful video, as always.
@LamiNalchor
@LamiNalchor 2 роки тому
This series is one of kind.
@legendsson
@legendsson 2 роки тому
The only part I didn’t like is that calling industrial revolution a luck.They had the technological level to capatilize on that luck.Europe had the costitutional, scientific and cultural edge by centuries of trial and error, philosophic approach and respect for innovations and discovery.High numbers of literate people also helped bigger portion of their societies contribute to intellectual activities.
@legendsson
@legendsson Рік тому
west relies on reason and trust in human thought to reach the truth, meanwhile east relies on outdated traditional dotrines like religion or thought processes
@understanding.everything
@understanding.everything 4 місяці тому
😂😂 It's not just luck it's indian loot and deindustrialization of india that financed it
@wagwan2
@wagwan2 3 місяці тому
Necessity is the mother of all inventions, Europeans were having an energy crisis so they figured out better ways to produce energy
@someonenew439
@someonenew439 Рік тому
I love how the identity of being Indian was invented in basically Oxford/ London. So much for Indian nationalist.
@Myndir
@Myndir Рік тому
And Hinduism.
@siddharthjain9611
@siddharthjain9611 8 місяців тому
India came from word indus which from sindhu so these 3 words along with hindu are related so it's proud being hindu indian sanatani Hindustani etc
@anirprasadd
@anirprasadd 8 місяців тому
Very nice video. Good explanation Keep it up 👏👏👏
@titan6325
@titan6325 2 роки тому
This is so good 💯
@raphlvlogs271
@raphlvlogs271 2 роки тому
Western Dominance in India is a long process that started out with the Portuguese in around 1500 and progressed for many years, it eventually ended due to WW2.
@iamgreat1234
@iamgreat1234 2 роки тому
Thank to Japanese Empire kicking European out of Asia. The first time in history European was so scared shitless
@maheshrathod5593
@maheshrathod5593 Рік тому
Thats the reason i love russia ukaine war
@alienallys
@alienallys Рік тому
It next ended, the dominance still exists in globalisation
@captainalex157
@captainalex157 Рік тому
@@maheshrathod5593 pathetic, you birng shame to your name.
@peterparker9954
@peterparker9954 Рік тому
All thanks to Axis powers
@nitinchalla782
@nitinchalla782 2 роки тому
This is one of the best videos so far. When I first saw the title I thought this might be just another video about how Britain colonized India, but this showed the strengths and drawbacks of both the countries for what they are. Thank you for such a beautiful and thorough videos mate. (just one history nerd to another mate) In the end you said the East is now raising again , but isn't the growth of the East in the modern times built on the systems that are borrowed from West. If the East had employed the same traditional methods or developed better systems then we could say that east is challenging west, isn't it. (I get this doubt every time I hear the East and west comparison in modern times, not challenging your view mate.)
@muditdhasmana10the10
@muditdhasmana10the10 2 роки тому
1- Does the west use guns, HOW CAN YOU COPY EAST 2- Does the west drink tea, HOW CAN YOU COPY EAST 3- Does the west use 0?, HOW CAN YOU COPY EAST 4- Does the western military have martial art?, HOW CAN YOU COPY EAST 5- Does the west have art, HOW CAN YOU COPY EAST 6- Does the west literally drink water? , HOW CAN YOU COPY EAST/AFRICANS Look pal i am not saying that Asians are challenging the Europeans because they discovered things first, i'm saying that we are challenging you because we are now doing your stuff better than you.(not challenging your views :>)
@bapparawal2457
@bapparawal2457 Рік тому
Does the west have industrialized so fast if not from the loot they gained by conquering North America ,Australia then later Africa and Asia?
@bapparawal2457
@bapparawal2457 Рік тому
Also Have the west created everything on its own . No . It learned many things from East . It's just they won in last Millenia . 1 Millenia hardly matter sin how long Humnas have stood on Earth.
@peterparker9954
@peterparker9954 Рік тому
The West copied a lot from Indian, Chinese and Arab knowledge to create these modern institutions So stop bifurcating knowledge into east or west They are multidisciplinary in nature and has various facets to it..... Knowledge is not an isolated entity
@peterparker9954
@peterparker9954 Рік тому
The West should be thankful to the East for their knowledge in mathematics, alchemy, architecture, food imports, spices, tea, gunpowder, firearms, etc
@Amuzic_Earth
@Amuzic_Earth Рік тому
Very comprehensive, logical and well analyzed video.
@fabiocarvalho4931
@fabiocarvalho4931 8 місяців тому
Great content! Just a quick note, the bigger vessels refered in the video which allowed portugal to venture south and west were the technological development that enabled that to happen, but that wasn't the motive. I would say the motives were both religious and economic, more religious than economic. Portugal had just a few years before the conquest of Ceuta in 1412 - this date marks the beginning of the portuguese Colonial Empire - conquered the last portion of the southern territory from the Mourish, ending the "Reconquista" in their Kingdom.
@nituldeshptha99
@nituldeshptha99 2 роки тому
I don't get why you've put some random sound effects throughout the video - they kinda distracted me from the content but I still enjoyed your video
@micahistory
@micahistory 2 роки тому
i like how you analysed the militrary and social revolutions that enabled the west to dominate asia for centuries
@micahistory
@micahistory Рік тому
@Unknown they mainly used it to compete with each other. They were not competing just for global dominance
@micahistory
@micahistory Рік тому
@Unknown because that is how all of human history has worked
@thunderwplf1078
@thunderwplf1078 Рік тому
@Unknown because if you don't make them others will and they will attack you
@thunderwplf1078
@thunderwplf1078 Рік тому
@Unknown True
@connor4366
@connor4366 Рік тому
This is a really good video actually. Well done
@bbkh9887
@bbkh9887 Рік тому
Amazing job , keep it up
@arnavpandey3823
@arnavpandey3823 2 роки тому
Man love your channel. Btw please consider making a video on the Gupta empire. On how sakandgupta defeated the huns, the same huns who had defeated the Romans.
@deveshsonam
@deveshsonam 2 роки тому
West divides Huns as brown huns & white huns.....LOL. Brown huns came to india & today , they are known as rajputs , gurjar , pratihar.....
@arnavpandey3823
@arnavpandey3823 2 роки тому
@@deveshsonam oh did not know about that. Thanks for letting me know
@walterwhite8229
@walterwhite8229 2 роки тому
@@arnavpandey3823 that's bullshit. Nothing like brown Huns exist. I suggest you to read the Wikipedia article on Huns and watch Kings and General's video on them. Side-note: In their video where they talk about India wasn't well researched Imo. Their videos do have a certain bias for which many people don't like them. Also, colonial theories like Jatts are descendants of Indo-Scythians and Rajputs are descendants of Huns ( vice-versa ) are just LARPS! don't listen to randos on the internet, especially people like Paul Arya.
@pij6277
@pij6277 2 роки тому
Paul Arya. Rajputs possess the same R1a lineages as most of the subcontinent males. It doesn't make sense to bring up such fake narratives . Not everything you read is true. Genetics defies all such theories
@shamtradtam3769
@shamtradtam3769 2 роки тому
Interesting video. I think you portrayed India as a very chaotic place while ignoring the chaos in Europe. The chaos in Europe lead to bigger boats, better cannons, etc. Indian chaos led to more chaos and being conquered by Europe. So something else must be the reason and not chaos in India
@44krishnan79
@44krishnan79 2 роки тому
European chaos eliminated feudatories and forged nation states ,easier to Make alliances with stable governments while indian chaos caused more divisions and political fragmentation,also among religious and cultural lines.
@shamtradtam3769
@shamtradtam3769 2 роки тому
@@44krishnan79 European chaos didn't always forge nation states. Germany, the biggest European economy, was a bunch of duchies till 1870. Switzerland, the richest macrostate in Europe is still a confederation of 40 cantons of 3 different ethnicities. Europe never had anything like the Mughal empire. Chaos in western Europe existed till 1945 and that didn't hinder their world domination or technological development in any way, while Indian chaos didn't give rise to anything benefitting Indians. There is some other reason than chaos
@44krishnan79
@44krishnan79 2 роки тому
@@shamtradtam3769 True brother it could be that they developed heavier artillery for siege warfare and penetrating heavy cavalry armour.Since indians had to face mostly steppe nomads which western europeans didn't face which requires lighter armour and troops ,Moreover better beaurocracy when a British general died more will replace him but if a great general or ruler like peshwa bhaji rao or Maharaja ranjeet singh died there remains a lack of leadership.British had a much more stable political system so they just outlived and waited out the indian empires like Mughal,maratha and Sikh empires.Moreover there was infighting among Sikhs ,Marathas and same community which could be exploited.
@shamtradtam3769
@shamtradtam3769 2 роки тому
@@44krishnan79 I agree that the British have been stable and didn't have a foreign invasion since 1068. It doesn't explain why France, Belgium, Germany, Spain and Portugal were also colonizers. Belgium came into existence just in 1830 and still became a colonizing power. Germany became as soon as it unified. As you said Europe had better technology than India in the 18th century. I'm still looking for the reason behind that
@44krishnan79
@44krishnan79 2 роки тому
@@shamtradtam3769 By stability I mean political stability not invasions,they had officials and much more advanced political structure based on meritocracy.The 2. question only 1 answer.-the industrial revolution.Just like how Japan became all powerful after the Meiji restoration into a world power.India had huge man power and didn't find the need to industrialize,moreover it was caught off guard by this drastic changes in the 18th century.
@BalvinderSingh-uh3my
@BalvinderSingh-uh3my Рік тому
That was excellent subscribed.
@sudheerkoneti388
@sudheerkoneti388 Рік тому
That was an excellent explanation, here some people complaining about the details but the details that they are complaining about are already in their books but the details that didn't covered in the books are in this video that's special
@mikeagate
@mikeagate Рік тому
The saying, ‘History repeats itself’ comes to mind as far as the reemergence of the East as the global economic powerhouse. An excellent video btw👏👏👍
@ssvblr
@ssvblr Рік тому
Excellent work!
@thegreatgatsby8180
@thegreatgatsby8180 2 роки тому
Nice.! As usual mate!
@kalebj7001
@kalebj7001 2 роки тому
The because downfall for Indians at the hands of the Europeans were Indians themselves.. the growing infighting and disunity led them all to eventually get subjugated, ofcourse before this they didn't even consider themselves as One people (India). They just went on being individual kingdoms who went warring with each other.
@FilesdocumentsAndreposit-kr3vb
@FilesdocumentsAndreposit-kr3vb Рік тому
All of these empires were ruled by clans who did claim common ancestry but it's true that they were fighting amongst each other. That was the Kshatriya culture of India then.
@rki7068
@rki7068 Рік тому
Sounds like Europe post Western Roman Empire collapse
@micahistory
@micahistory 2 роки тому
it isn't often mentioned but you are right that the real shift in european presence in asia began around the mid-18th century when the outposts turned into empires
@OddCompass
@OddCompass 2 роки тому
Thanks, that’s what I wanted to make clear in the video!
@a.m.karthick629
@a.m.karthick629 2 роки тому
Wonderful and interesting video at the same time
@pavitrasankalp7533
@pavitrasankalp7533 Рік тому
Great information.
@sca8217
@sca8217 Рік тому
The fact that a small nation from afar was able to control a population many times its own points towards a more deep rooted divide in Indian society that could be exploited. Whether it was linguistic divide, hierarchical societal divide , or spiritual divide is not clear, but it wasn't like the Europeans we're offering anything precious either. I sometimes wonder why did we go under so easily . But then again, the fact that Britain was able to conquer lands all over the world may be testament to its own war worthiness, strategic acumen and the readiness to exploit societal divides.
@SuperDeeyay
@SuperDeeyay Рік тому
For me this lesson can be turned around: Europeans today have to learn what horrible prices you as a society can pay if you allow such divisions to do damage within Europe.
@RRaymer
@RRaymer Рік тому
Maybe because India wasn’t a country but dozens of small states.
@KKJ0214
@KKJ0214 Рік тому
3Lines, You are 100% right. India was never a united country. It was bunch of many small countries like Europe. It was British which gave a shape and direction to modern united India. Without british, Today's india would still remain as 25 small states.
@peterparker9954
@peterparker9954 Рік тому
It is simply because Indians were super divided Look at how when the British tried to fight Aurangzeb, the last major Mughal emperor, they were finished brutally, and the British commander had to bow down to his feet in shame The British waited for several decades after Aurangzeb's death to finally win territories because of constant infighting and civil wars among Indian kingdoms and empires following Aurangzeb 's death
@peterparker9954
@peterparker9954 Рік тому
@@KKJ0214 Brits left a huge mess after they left India especially after the horrific partition .... It was sardar Patel and v k Menon who united over 500 princely states into one whole India !!!!
@mylesjude233
@mylesjude233 2 роки тому
Another great video 📹 Odd Compass, a recommendation: maybe you can make a video about the history of commercial products from Asia that Europe desired, examples including muslin cotton, silks, sandalwood, etc.
@senguptasthiti
@senguptasthiti Рік тому
Wow! Such insightful lessons from history!! Really intersecting and so carefully presented facts!! Admire the research 👍🏽
@venstomon931
@venstomon931 Рік тому
Absolutely brilliant content
@abduraheemmylannchi5901
@abduraheemmylannchi5901 8 місяців тому
Superior book !!!!!¡¡!!!!!!!
@bnb6868
@bnb6868 2 роки тому
Spain had plans during the the reign of Felipe II to start an Invasion an conquest of southern China as China was having at the time a momentary inner crisis and weakness. An army and Fleet was ready in the Philippines to start it but was continously delayed due to bureaucracy and the time for messages to travel. In the end it was canceled cause China stabilized and got suspicious of the Spanish and to ensure and not endanger trade with China. The commander leading the army in the Philippines which would have done it blamed the ministers though as he thought their weakness and indecision to seize the moment (which tbh would have been typical of Spanish ministers) and let it slip away.
@mint8648
@mint8648 2 роки тому
spain also invaded cambodia but failed
@bnb6868
@bnb6868 2 роки тому
@@mint8648 huh didn't know that only know of Formosa and the almost conquest of Brunei. Got the name of it so I can read the wiki?
@safuwanfauzi5014
@safuwanfauzi5014 2 роки тому
@@bnb6868 Spanish lostt war with Brunei, they got cannon, body armor too, in 1400-early 1700s, european only operates in coast and small island in Peninsular Malay, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Sulawesi and Borneo, the weak tribe like philpines are the 1st to fall same with non iron America natives.
@bnb6868
@bnb6868 2 роки тому
@@safuwanfauzi5014 what are you talking about Spain won. Brunei went from biggest regional naval power to irrelevance till they discovered oil in the past century. Spain just didn't end up conquering it with that soap drama with the Brunei princess and shit. The main goal of the expedition was to destroy the Brunei navy though because of their piracy
@RockyTheRooster
@RockyTheRooster Рік тому
@@safuwanfauzi5014 The hell you're talking about?
@kairyumina6407
@kairyumina6407 2 роки тому
I feel like the advantages to European economies by colonialism in the Americas and eventually Africa are also big contributors in this. The genocidal and exploitative systems set up in the Americas vastly increased the resource wealth of European powers, which in turn gave them many of the raw materials to make the Industrial Revolution possible. Where do you think all the cotton for European textile manufacturing came from? The timber for those ocean going ships? (certainly by the time of the British Colonies in North America). Obviously all the silver you mentioned, but also gold and other metals. Those two centuries of European global dominance were acquired through yet more centuries of genocide, slavery, and exploitation. This doesn't mean that Europe or Europeans are "evil", people of all races and cultures have committed similar crimes against humanity at different points in history, but we should always be aware of context and history behind these global events/ trends so as to avoid the violence and inhumanity of the past.
@swamidude2214
@swamidude2214 2 роки тому
I think it would help to not see a certain race as evil based on history, but learn from history to see what humans are capable of. Its to easy to think white people from Europe are inheritly evil dismissing with that that the same reasons that made them commit those terrifying deeds. It makes you vunerable to repeat the same mistakes. I remember reading this quote that anyone denying they could be a nazi soldier would be far morel likely to actually be one then the ones aware that they could be. Doing good being aware of being capable of doing evil is much safer then having the ignorant idea that you are good by default and incapable of evil. Its were the saying comes from that the way to hell is paved with good intentions. Many wars have existed over all of history, kingdoms, races and continents. If one thing is sure is that if a group of humans gets the upper hand over another there is a good chance they will wield that advantage. No matter your race or culture. The industrial revolution combined with the enormous ammount of free resources in the new continent meant powerbalances were completely off for quite a while. Ironically if we see India as a continent, the thing that became their downfall was the wars among each other. Europe had it all, but brought itself down by fighting among each other. The two world wars basically ended the domination of the world. They nerfed themselfs in the end.
@kairyumina6407
@kairyumina6407 2 роки тому
@@swamidude2214 very well said. As such we should be consciously, as a society, trying to build institutions and structures that level the playing field as much as possible, and dismantle systems of unfair advantage (systemic racism, sexism, lgbt phobia, ageism, ableism etc). We see our greatest strides forward when we behave inclusively and cooperatively. The more people have access to education, healthcare, shelter, and food, the more potential innovators we have to solve the major problems we face as a society, especially as scientific progress has the potential to render scarcity a far less pressing concern. If we use it that way. Or we can keep building up our capacity to destroy one another and continue acting like we aren't all the same species sharing the same single planet together.
@mint8648
@mint8648 2 роки тому
despite the colonialism, china and indian states were still individually richer than european kingdoms.
@nathancoleman8413
@nathancoleman8413 2 роки тому
Kairyu& Mina:you are totally right! there have been good and bad Europeans and good and bad Asians and etc.etc. etc.all over the world for centuries.people of all races and nationalities have committed here and there throughout history.that has been the human condition and we humans of all races and nationalities have got the ability to learn from those mistakes from the past so as to avoid making them again.this youtube channel Odd Compass whatever they're called is really stupidly biased!
@M_Dun
@M_Dun 2 роки тому
When the American colonies were still loyal to the Crown a third of the ships in the British Empire were built in New England.
@Mon-ey5mb
@Mon-ey5mb Рік тому
Such a great video
@rockbottom9887
@rockbottom9887 Рік тому
Amazing content.
@rki7068
@rki7068 Рік тому
What fascinates me is the European's historical ability to adapt and overcome
@timothybrown8424
@timothybrown8424 Рік тому
It's definitely fascinating, but the constant warfare between different nations and empires over time led them to refine everything from military technology to societal changes while other powers continued to worship their kings like gods.
@balashibuyeeter2704
@balashibuyeeter2704 2 роки тому
You should definitely make a video about the 3 south Indian tamil kingdoms (cheras, cholas and the pandyas)and about their golden age called the "Sangam age" where a lot of tamil literature and grammar was composed. They are rarely talked about outside of tamilnadu even in india. It's such an underrated piece of history.
@pranavkanttripathi2971
@pranavkanttripathi2971 Рік тому
I disagree. I clearly remember Sangam Age being described in my history textbook.
@DrArnabSahoo
@DrArnabSahoo 8 місяців тому
Sangam Age was present in 7th class History. You should have ppayed attention in class.😆
@balashibuyeeter2704
@balashibuyeeter2704 8 місяців тому
@@DrArnabSahoo brother I know all about the Sangam age. I'm just saying this so that it may raise awareness about the Sangam age to people from other regions or different countries.
@chandrasurya8512
@chandrasurya8512 Рік тому
Wow, its the forst time I have seen the real historical map of Nepal being used for a video. Good accuracy 👌 👏
@Janggutan
@Janggutan 2 роки тому
this is the most wholesome explaination ever ....cooool
@kiran9220
@kiran9220 2 роки тому
A mujarabad star fort French style built by tippu in Mysore kingdom to counter Europian techniques
@OddCompass
@OddCompass 2 роки тому
Correct! Sadly, the swarming of Tipu by allied English/Maratha/Hyderabadi forces was too much for him to repulse.
@CuriousAlien
@CuriousAlien 2 роки тому
Good presentation, but felt missing missing some fundamental points. Papal Bulls driving catholic Spain , Portugal to colonize and enslave natives. The Europeans saw themselves as part of Christian civilization, the British under Charles II authorized the East India Company to make war / peace with non-christian nations essentially equivalent to the Papal Bulls. So religion played a great part in the colonization of Asia, Africa and America. It never was about race until the 19th century when less religious Europeans needed other theories to explain their domination.
@marksnow7569
@marksnow7569 Рік тому
The East India Company maintained a very strict policy of not allowing its facilities to be used for the promotion of Christianity or the suppression of other religions until well into the 19th century, when it came under too much influence from British politicians. It only took about a quarter-century from the change of policy to the 1857 uprising and the consequent abolition of the Company.
@freedom_fight
@freedom_fight Рік тому
Not really. Brits wanted the resources and they loot. Remember there were Christians in India before the west. Syrian christians of Kerala have jewish /Assyrian ancestry (dna test) and they were in India before the western conquer. It wasn't the religion that motivated ,it was the resources
@tanler7953
@tanler7953 Рік тому
I think the French and the Spanish were driven by religious zeal more than the British. In Quebec and the Philippines, the Catholic Church was either dominant in politics or tried to convert as many as possible.
@CuriousAlien
@CuriousAlien Рік тому
@@freedom_fight I was talking about the European Christians, christians in Kerala did not fight religious wars with Hindus. The christians you talk about were themselves persecuted by Portugese catholics as heretics. Brits wanted to loot , agreed, but they looted non-christians not non-whites, they targetted people for their religion not race. It became about race much later.
@freedom_fight
@freedom_fight Рік тому
@@CuriousAlien nope.. Europeans Targeted mostly non whites and looted non whites. And they looted non white Christians . Race was always their reason 💀. And it's common sense and history. They looted asia for wealth and that's the main reason. And if religion were their main agenda all of the asia would be Christians lol. Hindus never did a thing and the religious high caste hindus assisted with europeans . You need more history class rather than your religious class 💀
@abc-bv6ns
@abc-bv6ns Рік тому
Really good stuff
@vagabondwanderers
@vagabondwanderers 3 місяці тому
Amazing video
@anotherguycalled6253
@anotherguycalled6253 2 роки тому
0:47 As a Bangali living in London,that would be a dream come true.
@narendrasule5822
@narendrasule5822 2 роки тому
are you from west bengal or bangladesh
@anotherguycalled6253
@anotherguycalled6253 Рік тому
@@narendrasule5822 Bangladesh
@anotherguycalled6253
@anotherguycalled6253 Рік тому
@@noelgrippen4707 I don’t hate it but “ London is a failed society “ ( Andrew Tate ) I was born here and I’m still in school
@user-xw3vi4nk2y
@user-xw3vi4nk2y 7 днів тому
Bengal destroyed britain by sending all the commies it produces to british universities. 😂
@babydragon2047
@babydragon2047 2 роки тому
The little sound effects were really funny👍. Can you cover Chandragupta Maurya he was a brilliant star in Indian history.
@OddCompass
@OddCompass 2 роки тому
I’ll look into it! And thanks haha, I tried to incorporate some humorous sound effects this time around :p
@babydragon2047
@babydragon2047 2 роки тому
@@OddCompass Chandragupta Maurya by Purushottam Lal Bhargava was a pretty enlightening book for me😁
@keralanaturelover196
@keralanaturelover196 Рік тому
​@@OddCompass do not cover imaginary gupta
@Pike737
@Pike737 2 роки тому
Happy New Year! Expecting more videos this year 😂
@CountingStars333
@CountingStars333 2 роки тому
Problem with India and China in the recent past is that they reached peak civilization and then degraded into stagnation/pride coupled with more oppressive/rule bound religion plus no navy because they didn't feel the need to expand.. Meanwhile the Europeans kept on evolving their gun technology, had an enlightenment age, navy and had social mobility which we did not due to our social systems like caste and things.
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