Imperialism and Nationalism in South and West Asia

• Western imperialism

  Changed the political, economic, and sociocultural lives of the west and south asia
• India was completely controlled by the British, who changed their physical, political, economic, and sociocultural faces
• The Indians found themselves losing their culture, so they started asserting and fighting for their rights and independence
• Indians exerted pressure on the British


  The British were eventually forced to give them independence, which they deserved
• The Arabs wanted to bring back their identity and historical roots against the Ottoman empire with the support of Great Britain and France
• The Arabs asserted their independence one by one