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Asian Traditions in an Age of Global Change World Civilizations: The Global Experience Stearns, Adas, Schwartz, Gilbert

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Asian Traditions in an Age of Global Change World Civilizations: The Global Experience Stearns, Adas, Schwartz, Gilbert

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    1. Chapter 22 Asian Traditions in an Age of Global Change World Civilizations: The Global Experience Stearns, Adas, Schwartz, Gilbert

    2. Asian Sea Trading Network Arab Zone Glass, carpets, tapestries Indian Zone Cotton textiles Chinese Zone Paper, porcelain, silk

    4. Asian Sea Trading Network Coastal Routes Needed better technology to cross open sea No central control Military force absent

    5. Portuguese Introduced warfare into the network They did not have the goods to trade, so they forced the Asian kingdoms to trade with them Built forts in major cities Created a monopoly of trade in spices Unable to maintain

    6. The Dutch and British Begin to challenge Portugal Tried to create monopolies on goods, found it was easier to work within the network and sell to Europe at inflated prices Dutch – spices British – cotton

    7. Missionaries Difficult to convert Islam had already been there High-caste Hindus refused to convert or associate with low-caste Hindus who did convert Isolated areas converted Philippines (not previously touched by world religions) Still practiced traditional beliefs

    8. Ming China Emperor Hongwu overthrows the Mongols in 1368 Rids China of all Mongol influence Reinstates the civil service exams Tries to end corruption Improved infrastructure Neo-confucian

    9. Zhenghe Trading missions Showed that China could have dominated world trade Ended due to cost

    11. Ming Decline Weak emperors after Hongwu and Yunglo let corruption run rampant, and did not keep up with infrastructure Ming Dynasty finally toppled in 1644

    13. Japan Nobunaga deposes the last Ashikaga Shogunate (ruled in name only over the daimyos) He dies, his successor tries to establish dominance overseas; he dies Tokugawa Ieyasu consolidated power at home, named Shogun by the Emperor

    14. Japan Europeans trying to influence Japan Missionaries Tried the top down method of conversion like in India and China Eventually they decide that the western influence was counter to their own beliefs and the Japanese enter into self-imposed isolation No Japanese ships allowed to leave Foreigners only allowed in designated cities (Nagasaki)

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