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9342319821Asian sea trading networkPrior to intervention of Europeans, consisted of three zones: Arab zone based on glass, carpets and tapestries, India zone based on cotton textiles; China zone based on paper porcelain and silks.0
9342319822mercantilistsEconomic theorists that stressed governments' promotion of limitations of imports from other nations and internal economies in order to improve tax revenues; popular during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe.1
9342319823OrmuzPortuguese factory or fortified trade town located at southern end of Persian gulf; site for forcible entry into Asian sea trade network.2
9342319824GoaPortuguese factory or fortified trade town located on western India coast; site for forcible entry into Asian sea trade network.3
9342319825factoriesEuropean trading fortresses with resident merchants; utilized throughout Portuguese trading empire to assure secure landing places commerce.4
9342319826BataviaDutch fortress located after 1620 on the island of Java.5
9342319827Dutch trading empireThe Dutch system extended into Asia with fortified towns and factories, warships on patrol and monopoly control of a limited number of products.6
9342319828LuzonNorthern island of Philippines; conquered by Spain during the 1560's; site of major Catholic missionary effort.7
9342319829MindanaoSouthern island of the Philippines; a Muslim Kingdom that was able to successfully resist Spanish conquest.8
9342319830Francis XavierSpanish Jesuit missionary; worked in India in the 1540s with lowcaste and outcaste groups; made little headway among elites.9
9342319831Robert di Nobili(1577-1656) Italian Jesuit missionary; worked in India during the early 1600s; introduced strategy to convert elites first; strategy later widely adopted by Jesuits in various parts of Asia; mission eventually failed.10
9342319832HongwuFirst Ming Emperor in 1368; originally of peasant lineage; original name Zhu Yuanzhang; drove out Mongol influence; restored position of scholar gentry.11
9342319833MacaoOne of the 2 ports where Europeans were permitted to trade with China during the Ming Dynasty.12
9342319834CantonOne of the port cities where Europeans were permitted to trade with China during the Ming Dynasty.13
9342325137Matteo Ricci(1552-1610) Along with Adam Schall, Jersuit scholar in court Ming emperor, skilled scientist, won few converts to Christianity14
9342319835Adam Schall(1591-1666) Along with Matteo Ricci Jesuit scholars in court of Ming emperors; skilled scientist; won few converts to Christianity.15
9342319836ChongzhenLast of the Ming Emperors; comited suicide in 1644 in the face of Jurchen capture of the Forbidden City of Bejing.16
9342319837Oda Nobunaga(1534-1582) Japenese daimyo; first to make extensive use of firearms; in 1573 deposed last of Ashikaga shoguns; unified much of central Honshu under his command.17
9342319838Toyotomi HideyoshiGeneral under Nobanga; suceeded as leading military power in Japan; continued efforts to break power of daimyos; constucted a series of military alliances that made him the military master of Japan in 1590; died in 1598.18
9342319839Tokugawa IeyasuVassal of Toyotomi Hideyoshi; succeeded him as most powerful military figure in Japan; granted title of shogun in 1603 and established Tokugawa Shogunate; established political unity in Japan.19
9342319840EdoTokugawa capital city; modern- day Tokyo; center of the Tokugawa Shogunate.20
9342319841DeshimaIsland in Nagasaki Bay; only port open to non-Japanese after closure of the islands in the 1640s; only Chinese and Dutch ships were permitted to enter.21
9342319842School of National LearningNew Ideology that laid emphasis on Japan's unique historical experience and the revival of indigenous culture at the expense of Chinese imporst such as Confuciansim; typical of Japan in the 18th century.22

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