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Get 4 months extra on a 2 year plan here: https://nordvpn.com/kingsandgenerals It’s risk free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee! Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of the early modern world, India and colonialism continues with a video on the Rise of the British East India Company. In this video, we uncover the astonishing story of the British East India Company and its transformation from a band of Elizabethan privateers into a global juggernaut. We begin with the rise of a corporate empire, charting how this seemingly ordinary trading venture evolved into a private military power that controlled entire regions and dictated the fate of nations. To understand its impact, we ask: what was the East India Company? This leads us into an exploration of its unparalleled autonomy—minting its own currency, enforcing its own laws, and commanding a private army more powerful than many national militaries. We then trace the origins of the East India Company, born from England’s desire to bypass Catholic trade monopolies and get a direct line to Asia’s luxury goods. We follow its first voyages, from deals struck in the Malay Archipelago to bitter rivalries with the Dutch, and even fleeting ventures into Japan. As the Company pivoted away from spices, it secured a critical foothold in India by negotiating with the mighty Mughal Empire. The story concludes as a new age dawns: the Mughal lion weakens, and the East India Company begins its transformation from commercial power to colonial overlord, poised to dominate the Indian subcontinent. 🎥 Watch 210+ exclusive videos on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMmaBzfCCwZ2KqaBJjkj0fw/join Why Was Germany so Fragmented in the Middle Ages: https://youtu.be/EiB8sMHxGqM Eastern Roman Empire: Why So Many Civil Wars?: https://youtu.be/SK_yHooLu1s What Did the Europeans Think About the Eastern Romans?: https://youtu.be/Qu6NnWj1EZ8 Were the Eastern Romans and Arabs Always at War?: https://youtu.be/nBMP6yRAOZg Great Schism Between Greek and Latin Christianity: https://youtu.be/a6rWf0k8d78 How Islam Split into the Sunni and Shia Branches: https://youtu.be/-85dXjgMiSU Rise of the Cossacks: https://youtu.be/UQ_ocyTRRIE Crusades From the Muslim Perspective: https://youtu.be/t8RZtYvW02g Early Muslim Expansion - Yarmouk, Al-Qadisiyyah: https://youtu.be/r2cEIDZwG5M Early Muslim Expansion - Egypt and Iran: https://youtu.be/baHT2nR5Wr4 Muslim Schism: https://youtu.be/-85dXjgMiSU Third Crusade: https://youtu.be/jCyCSgsFXKQ Fourth Crusade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vp_IENiSnA&list=PLaBYW76inbX4ZjR4rodOOSc-zL1orP4hW First Crusade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkyYjpYLORI&list=PLaBYW76inbX6RqjG027zLO_svn3Fdv7Qa Sultanate of Women in the Ottoman Empire: https://youtu.be/OEzS8D4IidA How the German Empire Provoked Ottoman Jihad in WWI: https://youtu.be/8LCpbgVx9kY Ottoman Battles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txyqS5yuw30&list=PLaBYW76inbX5BKGRPzlqdztQySZmJLjJt Why the Ottomans Never Colonized America: https://youtu.be/lM_Wzt_Z228 Why the Ottoman Sultans Killed their Brothers: https://youtu.be/vN7LgUIOAVw Cem Sultan: Ottoman Prince in the Heart of Europe: https://youtu.be/3w9POQMt5jk Ottoman Pirates: https://youtu.be/5jguevSDIuY Turkification of Anatolia: https://youtu.be/JBgq1taoUsY Hashashins: https://youtu.be/vG8qmlKdRjs Christian Schism: https://youtu.be/a6rWf0k8d78 Mos Maiorum: What led to the fall of the Roman Republic?: https://youtu.be/BNWfDWk6ohM How Rome Conquered Greece: https://youtu.be/v5q1rerf-qw Caesar in Gaul: https://youtu.be/LRV185XaMIM Video: Yağız Bozan and Murat Can Yağbasan Script: Leo Stone Narration: Liam Taylor ✔ Merch store ► https://teespring.com/stores/kingsandgenerals ✔ Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/KingsandGenerals ✔ Podcast ► https://kingsandgenerals.libsyn.com/ iTunes: https://apple.co/2QTuMNG ✔ PayPal ► http://paypal.me/kingsandgenerals ✔ Twitter ► https://twitter.com/KingsGenerals ✔ Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/KingsGenerals ✔ Instagram ►http://www.instagram.com/Kings_Generals Production Sources: Music courtesy of EpidemicSound 00:00 – The Dystopian Megacorporation 02:55 – What Was the East India Company? 05:34 – Origins of the East India Company 11:46 – First Voyages of the East India Company 16:03 – Foothold in India 19:07 – Tea, Slaves, and Submission to Empire #Documentary #EastIndiacompany #India