What Was The Relationship Between The European Commercial Empires

The relationships between the European commercial empires and the great Asian empires began with the dominance of the Asian empires such as the Mughals to the point that European traders had to ask for special permission to trade and were forced to bow down to local rulers. But over time, these empires became weaker and more divided, and the result was that the Europeans transitioned from being traders who operated under foreign rule, to becoming the dominant force in the region. In India for example, the Mughal empire fell and split up into a series of divided kingdoms, which became easy targets for European dominance. Initially, the Europeans forged alliances with these kingdoms but over time gradually were able to dominate them economically.