DId Europeans ever try to invade Asia?

Question

I know that the Mongols took over a ton of Asia and Eastern Europe, but did the Europeans ever invade Asia?

Answer 1

Yes! Russians were the most successful, they took over half the continent. They called it the Russian Empire, then the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, but it was an invasion, colonization and takeover of northern and central Asia.

Britain colonized and invaded India and Southern Asia, as well as China during the Opium Wars of the early 19th century. Hence places like Hong Kong sprouted up, as well as other European city-states like Macau and Singapore.

The French colonized and invaded Vietnam (French Indochine), the Spanish invaded the Philippines and the Dutch invaded Indonesia. Even the Germans colonized a small part of Southeast Asia.

Of course there were the invasions of Alexander the Great of Macedonia, who invaded all of Southwest Asia to the Ganges River in India. And don't forget that Roman invaded and conquered Persia, taking with it all of Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and this whole corner of the Asian continent.

Answer 2

Ancient Greece in Asia Minor

Alexander the Great (Macedonia) conquered Persia and into India

The Romans held large stretches for a long time, then the Byzantine Empire, whose capital was in present day Istanbul, Turkey

During the Crusades, European armies conquered through Turkey and into Palestine/Israel

The Russians are considered a European people, and most of their territory is in Asia

During the age of imperialism most European powers had colonies in Asia, most notably the British, stretching from the mid-east to china and the indonesian islands.

After WWI, the several countries allied to fight the Red Army in Russia, in Asia.

WWII the allies fought Japan in east Asia

The Soviet Union, Russia is European remember, conquered the Stans.

The Gulf War, the current wars.....

Answer 3

Europeans invading Asia:

1.Alexander the great
2.Rome tried...but not that succesful (one of the Roman emperors got killed by Persians)
3.Crusades - failed by Saladin and Baybars the first : Baybars raped Mongols, too. He's considered to be one of the greatest general ever lived during Middle Age.
4.Britain Empire, French Empire, Portuguese, and Americans tried too

Asians invading Europe:
1.Persians to Greece - failed
2.Islams to Europe - they got spain, but failed to go on
3.Mongols - wiped East Europe
4.Ottoman Turks - destroyed East Rome and scared whole Europe to death
5.Timulane Empire - partly succeeded

Answer 4

Yes, the Dutch, English, and the French invaded Asia.
That doesn't mean that the Asians never invaded Asia. The Japanese also took over "a ton of Asia" from 1937 -1945.
Thanks for the thumbs down - tell me which part of my answer do you feel is incorrect?

Answer 5

Whole lot of invading going on. From Alexander the great to the British setting up the Raj in India to he opium wars when the French and the British burned down the winter palace in China.

Answer 6

yes- the British invaded India and China, but only in the sense that they tried to exploit these entities.
Greece invaded Persia, During the Crusades many European countries attacked the Middle East, which is in Asia

Answer 7

The Philippine wars in the early 1900's and WWII there were plenty of Europeans invading Asia. Also, let's not forget Korea and the French in Viet Nam.

Answer 8

Alexander the Great invaded Persia and the rest of the Middle East and then into India.

The French used to own Vietnam
The Spanish used to own the Phillipines (named after King Philip)

The British took over Hong Kong after the two Opium Wars.
Four major powers essentially dived up Shanghai andkept Chinese out of their ares - (I think it was Britain France and two others)
The Russians had a war with China in the early 20th century
The Russians had a war with Japn over ownership of Korea.

I am sure there is more, but these are the stuff I could think of of the top of my head.

Answer 9

Alexander the great, from Greece, invaded and conquered parts of Asia.

After that, more recently, the British Empire. They had rulership over most of Asia. Esp. India.

Answer 10

Great Britain once controlled India, and Germany, France, Britain, and others once split up China amongst themselves during the age of imperialism. To this day, when Chinese natives learn English in Hong Kong, they often develop a British accent, because Britain still has a great amount of influence over there.