Which of the Following Best Explains the Rise of Orientalist

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains the rise of Orientalist scholarship?

• A) Asian intellectuals' influence on academia after they migrated to Britain
• B) British imperialists' desire to understand their subject populations
• C) European intellectuals' opposition to British Empire in Asia
• D) European colonizers' discovery of forgotten Sanskrit and Persian texts

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