Why did the west imperialize east

However, with the United States and Soviet Union emerging from World War II as the sole superpowersBritain's role as a worldwide power declined significantly and rapidly.

After the fourth war between the United Provinces and England —the company suffered increasing financial difficulties.

A Governor-General in Hanoi ruled Cochinchina directly and the other regions through a system of residents. The Chinese first defeated and drove the Dutch out of the Pescadores in This takes two forms, orientalism and tropicality.

In response to Russian expansion, the defense of India's land frontiers and the control of all sea approaches to the Subcontinent via the Suez Canalthe Red Seaand the Persian Gulf became preoccupations of British foreign policy in the 19th century.

It also offers a comparative philosophic system that can for some fill the vacuum left after the rejection of the Confucian system.

Its power, both military and economic, remained unmatched for a few decades. Other minor additions include former German colonial territories what has become now Tanzania, Cameroon and other sections such as Namibia.