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52955559caravelA small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic. These became used more than dhows and were more advanced than Chinese junks. They were militarily superior to other ships.0
52955560Asian Sea Trading NetworkPrior to intervention of Europeans, consisted of 3 xones: Arab zone based on glass carpets and tapestries; Indian zone based on cotton; and Chinese Zone based on paper porcelain, and silk.1
52955561OrmuzPortuguese factory or fortified trade town located at the southern end of the Persian Gulf; site for forcible entry into the Asian sea trade network2
52955562GoaPortuguese factory or fortified trade town located on the Western Indian Coast; site for forcible entry into the Asian sea trade network.3
52955563BataviaDutch fortress located after 1620 on the ilsand of Java4
52955564Dutch Trading EmpireThe dutch system extending into Asia with fortified towns and factories, warships on patrol, and monoply control on a limited number of products5
52955565LuzonNorthern island of Philippines; conquered by Spain during the 1560s; site of major Catholic missionary effort.6
52955566MindanaoSouthern island of the Philippines; a Muslim Kindom that was able to successfully resist Spanish conquest7
52955567Francis XavierSpanish Jesuit missionary; worked in India in the 1540s with lowcaste and outcaste groups; made little headway among elites8
52955568Robert di NobiliItalian Jesuit missionary; worked in India during the early 1600s; introduced strategy to convert elites at first; strategy later widely adapted by Jesuits in various parts of Asia; mission eventually failed.9
52955569HongwuFirst Ming emperor in 1368; originally of peasant lineage; original name Zhu Yuanzhang; drove out Mongol influence; restored position of scholar-gentry10
52955570Canton and MacaoTwo ports in which Europeans were permitted to trade in China during the Ming dynasty11
52955571Matteo Ricci and Adam SchallJesuit scholar in court of Ming emperors; skilled scientist; won few converts to Christianity.12
52955572ChongzhenLast of the Ming Emperors; comited suicide in 1644 in the face of Jurchen capture of the Forbidden City of Bejing13
52955573NobunagaJapanese daimyo; 1st to make extensive use of firearms; in 1573 deposed of the last of the Ashikaga shogunate;unified much of central Honshu under his command.14
52955574Toyotomi 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 159815
52955575Tokugawa 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 Japan16
52955576DeshimaIsland 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 enter17
52955577school 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 century18

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