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“In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the cultures of China and India were viewed by Europeans as equal to and perhaps superior to their own. In the nineteenth century, this attitude had changed to one of contempt and disdain.”
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I suggest that you start out by listing European views and observations from both time periods and then think about why they would change their minds.
Once you get that far, if you still need help post what you have and we'll try to steer you on from there.
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I just know that in 19th century it had to do with imperialism also..... but about the cultures in 17-18th century... I found info about how India had all the spices that Europe didn;t have... and about the East india companies... and how they wanted chinaware..... Asia at this time were superior in technical skill... thats some info... im researching more right now tho.. Thanks for replying
Sure thing, post again if you need more help.:o
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"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."
"But," say Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It
also europe was going through revolutionary times. voltaire, rousseau and some other well known philosophes praised Qing, and Chinese as being better humans, and more desirable people. It turned as Britain gained more and more power with industrialization and taking advantage of unindustrialized nations such as Egypt, then India, then with the opium wars in China, and farther on with Taiping rebellion, and etc.
oh thank you that's very useful information! uhhm... do you know anything about why european countries thought of india's culture being superior to their own? thats what im having most trouble with and how they were turned against? thanks for the help
suvam, and pianogirl2422 have already said a lot so I don't know how much I can contribute, but here goes... Personally, I would probably talk about the emergence of social darwinism, and how that ultimately affect their enthocentrist point of views. Furthermore, I think I would probably also talk about the colonialism and imperialism that occured during this time, because this sparked Europe's attempt to obtain control foreign land and competition with other European countries ultimately leading fiascos such as the Opium Trade/War, and the Meiji Rebellion. Also, I believe China's and Japan's nationalist aspects also segregated them from the rest of the world so they couldn't keep up with the western industrialization, thus they really were less superior in this sense.