294833586 | Asian sea trading network | prior to intervention of Europeans, consisted of three zones: Arab zone based on glass, carpets, and tapestries; India based on cotton textiles; and China based on paper, porcelain and silks | 0 | |
294833587 | Goa | Portuguese factory or fortified town located on western India coast; site for forcible entry into Asian sea trade network | 1 | |
294833588 | Ormuz | Portuguese factory or fortified trade town located at southern end or Persian Gulf; site for forcible entry into Asian sea trade network | 2 | |
294833589 | Malacca | Portuguese factory or fortified town located on the tip of the Malayan peninsula; traditionally a center for trade among the southeastern Asian islands | 3 | |
294833590 | Batavia | Dutch fortress located after 1620 on the island of Java | 4 | |
294833591 | Treaty of Gijanti (1757) | Signed in 1757; reduced remaining Javanese princes to vassals of Dutch East India Company; allowed Dutch to monopolize production of coffee on Java. | 5 | |
294833592 | Luzon | Northern island of Philippines; conquered by Spain during 1560s; site of major Catholic missionary control. | 6 | |
294833593 | Mindanao | Southern island of Philippines; a Muslim kingdom that was able to successfully resist Spanish conquest | 7 | |
294833594 | Francis Xavier | Spanish Jesuit missionary; worked in India in 1540s among outcaste and lower caste groups; made little headway among elites | 8 | |
294833595 | Hongwu | First Ming emperor in 1368; originally of peasant lineage; original name Zhu Yuanzhang; drove out Mongol influence; restored position of scholar-gentry | 9 | |
294833596 | Macao and Canton | The two ports in which Europeans were permitted to trade in China during the Ming era | 10 | |
294833597 | The Water Margin, Monkey, and The Golden Lotus | Novels written during the Ming period; recognized as classics and established standards for Chinese prose literature. | 11 | |
294833598 | Zhenghe | Chinese Muslim admiral who commanded series of Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea trade expeditions under third Ming emperor, Yunglo, between 1405 and 1433 | 12 | |
294833599 | Matteo Ricci and Adam Schall | Jesuit scholars in court of Ming emperors; skilled scientists; won few converts to Christianity | 13 | |
294833600 | Manchus | Northeast Asian peoples who defeated the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty in 1644, which was the last of China's imperial dynasties. | 14 | |
294833601 | Nobunaga | Japanese daimyo; first to make extensive use of firearms; in 1573 deposed last Ashikaga shoguns; unified much of central Honshu under his command; killed in 1582 | 15 | |
294833602 | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | General under Nobunaga; succeeded as leading military power in central Japan; continued efforts to break power of daimyos; constructed a series of alliances that made him military master of Japan in 1590; died in 1598 | 16 | |
294833603 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | Vassal 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 | 17 | |
294833604 | Edo (Tokyo) | Tokugawa capital city; modern-day Tokyo; center of the Tokugawa Shogunate | 18 | |
294833605 | Nagasaki | Japanese trading port, after Jesuit disputes, only the Dutch were allowed to reside here, and only for 2-3 months at a time | 19 | |
294833606 | School of National Learning | New ideology that laid emphasis on Japan's unique historical experience and the revival of indigenous culture at the expense of Chinese imports such as Confucianism; typical of Japan in 18th century | 20 |
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