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Toggle Colonies by Asian countries subsection. 3.1 Japanese. 3.2 Chinese. 3.3 Burmese. 3.4 Indonesian. 3.5 Omani. 3.6 Vietnamese. 4 Colonies by American (continent ...
In the aftermath of World War II, European colonies, controlling more than one billion people throughout the world, still ruled most of the Middle East, South East Asia, and the Indian Subcontinent. However, the image of European pre-eminence was shattered by the wartime Japanese occupations of large portions of British, French, and Dutch ...
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 ...
This is a list of regions occupied or annexed by the Empire of Japan until 1945, the year of the end of World War II in Asia, after the surrender of Japan. Control over all territories except most of the Japanese mainland ( Hokkaido , Honshu , Kyushu , Shikoku , and some 6,000 small surrounding islands) was renounced by Japan in the ...
The first phase of European colonization of Southeast Asia took place throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. Where new European powers competing to gain monopoly over the spice trade, as this trade was very valuable to the Europeans due to high demand for various spices such as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
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 .
Colonial empires may set up colonies as settler colonies. [1] 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.
Pages in category "Former colonies in Asia" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ahmed Pura Colony;