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Asian sea trading network; Goa; Malacca; Treaty of Gijanti 1757; Macao and Canton; Francis Xavier; Zhenghe; Manchu; Caravels; Mercantilism; Dutch trading empire; Luzon; Mindanao; Matteo Ricci; Manchu; Qing; Toyotomo Hideyoshi

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53754722Asian sea trading networkPrior to intervention of Europeans, consisted of three zones: Arab zone based on glass, carpets, and tapestries; India based on cotton textiles; China based on paper, porcelain, and silks0
53754723GoaPortuguese factory or fortified trade town located on the Western Indian Coast; site for forcible entry into the Asian sea trade network.1
53754724MalaccaPort city in the modern Southeast Asian country of Malaysia, founded about 1400 as a trading center on the Strait of Malacca. Also spelled Melaka. (p. 387)2
53754725Treaty of Gijanti 1757Signed in 1757; reduced remaining Javanese princes to vassals of Dutch East India Company; allowed Dutch to monopolize production of coffee on Java.3
53754726Macao and CantonThe only two ports in Ming China where Europeans were allowed to trade.4
53754727Francis XavierThis was a man who helped Ignatius of Loyola to start the Jesuits. He also was famous for his number of missionaries he went on to promote Christianity5
53754728ZhengheChinese Muslim admiral who commanded a series of expeditions to the Indian ocean, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea between 1405 and 1433.6
53754729Manchuthe Tungusic language spoken by the Manchu people7
53754730Caravelsfirst ship that was able to sail into wind in opposite direction/ lighter faster and easy to stear8
53754731Mercantilisman economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests9
53754732Dutch trading empireThe dutch system extending into Asia with fortified towns and factories, warships on patrol, and monoply control on a limited number of products.10
53754733LuzonNorthern island of Philippines; conquered by Spain during the 1560s; site of major Catholic missionary effort.11
53754734MindanaoSouthern island of the Philippines; a Muslim Kindom that was able to successfully resist Spanish conquest.12
53754735Matteo RicciAn Italian Jesuit who by his knowledge of Astronomy and science was accepted as a missionary of China13
53754736Manchuthe race of people who conquered China and founded the Qing Dynasty14
53754737Qingthe last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries15
53754738Toyotomo HideyoshiGeneral under Nobunaga; succeeded as a leading militarypower in central Japan; continued efforts to break power of the daimyos; became military master of Japan in 1590; died 159816

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