How Did The Industrial Revolution Affect The Spread Of Eurasia Dbq

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Railroads affected empire building in Afro Eurasia between 1860-1918 by providing reliable transportation for goods, by the transportation of soldiers and military technologies, and they spread the ideologies of nationalism.. All of this ultimately led to the increase in economic strength. The Industrial Revolution started in the 18th century and spread across Western Europe and The United States. The Industrial Revolution was an economic revolution, which means that economic changes were widespread and still impacting our modern world.. One of the main economic changes was the invention of machines. The modernization of technology revolutionized industrialization.
. In 1847 the Indian soldiers under the indirect rule of the british east india company rebelled, the Sepoy rebellion, causing the british royalty to set up a direct form of the rule in india . This led to the spread of European technology to the region. In document one, railway travel in India was discriminatory in their treatment of the Indians regardless of their status. The document was written by …show more content…

As stated in document 2 written by a Quing dynasty official who was likely trying to convince the government to adopt new technologies, in their current economic state, construction projects would promote jobs for the per. As a government project, railroads also helped establish a sense of nationalism. Demonstrated in document 3, which was written by the Ottoman government, had the perspective of hope for an economic increase and political reverence. The railroad from Mecca to Media would foster a community across the Dar a Salam. In India, railroads would create a sense of nationalism between the regions of the subcontinent. In document 7, the railroads in imperial india connected regions like never seen before. This was due to the fact that for most of its history the region’s been largely

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