How did European engagements with Asia alter Europeans' views of themselves?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. Until the late eighteenth century, Europeans admired Asian civilization and believed it superior to Western civilization in many respects.
b. Voltaire praised the virtues of China's political system and the Confucian ideology upon which it was based. By contrast, Christianity was seen as superstitious and fanatical.
c. Europeans also admired Indian civilization and held Hinduism in high regard. In comparison, Western civilization was seen as corrupt.
d. Beginning in the late eighteenth century, European power in Asia increased, and Europeans began to view their civilization as superior to that of Asia.
e. Europeans began to use race as a basis for dividing humanity, with the white race identified as superior to all other races.
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