Western power and ideas devastated the Islamic world from 1800 onward

Evidence

From the late eighteenth century and during the nineteenth century—the date and pace differ from region to region—the Islamic world was subjected to the devastating impact of Western power, techniques, and ideas. Some regions were conquered and became part of the European empires of Great Britain, France, Holland, and Russia. Even the Ottoman Empire and Iran, though never formally conquered or occupied, found their independence in effect severely curtailed. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1089

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

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