GEOG 130 Lecture 6: Colonization in middle east, population
13 Feb 2019
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Europeans established a presence by practicing indirect control. Began with the establishment of the east india trading company is 1612. Gave the company the power to: establish forts, settlements, and maintain an army. Muslim demanded for a separate muslim state in pakistan. As wwii ended, britain could no longer govern south asia. Presence changed over time to become a strong military, administrative, and economic presence because. British influence extended to every aspect of daily life activity including language, judicial procedure, railroad construction, and cultural identity. Division-when great britain prepared to leave india in 1947. Mass migration-- 10 million hindus migrated from the northwestern portion of the subcontinent to seek homes in india. Mass violence-between 500,000 and 1 million people died in the religious roots. New country emerged-east and west pakistan shared a common religious belief not a common space, or a shared language, ethnicity, custom, food, or economy.
