World history/WHME101/Impact of global trade/Production and consumption

Reading

Read the below article. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• What was the basis of regional trade in the Indian Subcontinent before the British East India Company established economic domination?
• How did trade change as the British East India Company consolidated its domination in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries?
• How did regional economies change as a result?
• How did the distribution of wealth change?

South Asian History, 'History of Crafts, Manufacturing and Trade in the Indian Subcontinent.

How did the growing trade relationships affect the distribution of wealth on the Indian subcontinent? Post your answer on WEnotes below:

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