The next volume (vol. I was published in 1997, vol. II - in 1995, vol. III - in 1999) covers the period of the greatest development of the colonial system, when the countries of the East became colonies of European powers or became dependent on them. The book consists of country essays recording the reaction of individual eastern societies to the impulses of modernization, and generalizing chapters devoted to changes in the social system, analysis of spiritual processes, general features of socio-political reform and the emergence of a national liberation movement. Maps, indexes, bibliography are given. In Prince 1 (M., 2004) reflects the period from the end of the XVIII century. to the 70s - 80s of the XIX century., in the book. 2 - until 1914