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French colonies in South and Southeast Asia: French India (1769–1954) French Indochina (1887–1953), including: French Laos (1893–1953) French Cambodia (1863–1953) Annam (French protectorate), Cochinchina, Tonkin (now Vietnam) (1883–1953) Dutch, British, Spanish, Portuguese colonies and Russian territories in Asia: Dutch India (1605 ...
Toggle Colonies by Asian countries subsection. 3.1 Japanese. 3.2 Chinese. 3.3 Burmese. ... European colonisation of Southeast Asia; European colonization of the ...
British colonies in South Asia, East Asia, And Southeast Asia: British Burma (1824–1948, merged with India by the British from 1886 to 1937) British Ceylon (1833-1948, now Sri Lanka) British Hong Kong (1842–1997) Colonial India (includes the territory of present-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) Danish India (1696–1869) Swedish ...
Before the expansion of early modern European powers, other empires had conquered and colonized territories, such as the Roman Empire in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. Modern colonial empires first emerged with a race of exploration between the then most advanced European maritime powers, Portugal and Spain , during the 15th century. [ 2 ]
The two main countries in the first wave of European colonialism were Portugal and Spain. [3] The Portuguese started the long age of European colonization with the conquest of Ceuta, Morocco in 1415, and the conquest and discovery of other African territories and islands, this would also start the movement known as the Age of Discoveries.
Pages in category "Former British colonies and protectorates in Asia" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Phoenician colonies in Asia (2 C, 2 P) Portuguese India (15 C, 47 P) Portuguese Macau (3 C, 32 P) R. Ragusan trade with India (1 P) Roman provinces in Asia (3 C, 1 P) S.
Former colonies in Asia (18 C, 53 P) French colonisation in Asia (5 C, 13 P) G. Great Game (6 C, 27 P) I. Colonial India (8 C, 28 P) P. Captaincy General of the ...