L'Asie divisée en ses principales régions, et ou se peuvent voir l'estendue des empires, monarchies, royaumes et estats qui partagent présentement l'Asie

Nimeke- ja tekijätiedot nimiönkehyksissä

Abbregé chronologique de l'histoire universelle, depuis les premiers empires du monde, jusqu'à l'année 1725 de l'ere chrétienne

Titre original : De quatuor summis imperiis. Adaptation

Discours sur L'histoire universelle a moseigneur le dauphin pour expliquer la svite de la religión et les changements des empires

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Empires, Religion & Trade

The Indian Ocean became the meeting point of two emerging empires in the early 16th century: the Mughal and the Portuguese empires, both different in their nature and objectives. While the Mughals were the dominant land power in the Indian subcontinent, the Portuguese dominated the coastal waters and the sea lanes They influenced each other’s fortunes, and of the region as a whole.

'Thou glorious kingdome, thou chiefe of empires': Persia in seventeenth-century travel literature

Bringing together a range of little-considered materials, this article assesses the portrayal of Persia in seventeenth-century travel literature and drama. In particular it argues that such texts use their awareness of Islamic sectarian division to portray Persia as a good potential trading partner in preference to the Ottoman Empire. A close reading of John Day, William Rowley and George Wilkins’ The Travailes of the Three English Brothers (1607) demonstrates how the play develops a fantasy model of how relations between Persia and England might function. The potential unity between England and Persia, imagined in terms of both religion and trade, demonstrates how Persia figured as a model ‘other England’ in early modern literature.