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294833586Asian sea trading networkprior 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 silks0
294833587GoaPortuguese factory or fortified town located on western India coast; site for forcible entry into Asian sea trade network1
294833588OrmuzPortuguese factory or fortified trade town located at southern end or Persian Gulf; site for forcible entry into Asian sea trade network2
294833589MalaccaPortuguese factory or fortified town located on the tip of the Malayan peninsula; traditionally a center for trade among the southeastern Asian islands3
294833590BataviaDutch fortress located after 1620 on the island of Java4
294833591Treaty 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
294833592LuzonNorthern island of Philippines; conquered by Spain during 1560s; site of major Catholic missionary control.6
294833593MindanaoSouthern island of Philippines; a Muslim kingdom that was able to successfully resist Spanish conquest7
294833594Francis XavierSpanish Jesuit missionary; worked in India in 1540s among outcaste and lower caste groups; made little headway among elites8
294833595HongwuFirst Ming emperor in 1368; originally of peasant lineage; original name Zhu Yuanzhang; drove out Mongol influence; restored position of scholar-gentry9
294833596Macao and CantonThe two ports in which Europeans were permitted to trade in China during the Ming era10
294833597The Water Margin, Monkey, and The Golden LotusNovels written during the Ming period; recognized as classics and established standards for Chinese prose literature.11
294833598ZhengheChinese Muslim admiral who commanded series of Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea trade expeditions under third Ming emperor, Yunglo, between 1405 and 143312
294833599Matteo Ricci and Adam SchallJesuit scholars in court of Ming emperors; skilled scientists; won few converts to Christianity13
294833600ManchusNortheast Asian peoples who defeated the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty in 1644, which was the last of China's imperial dynasties.14
294833601NobunagaJapanese daimyo; first to make extensive use of firearms; in 1573 deposed last Ashikaga shoguns; unified much of central Honshu under his command; killed in 158215
294833602Toyotomi HideyoshiGeneral 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 159816
294833603Tokugawa IeyasuVassal 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 Japan17
294833604Edo (Tokyo)Tokugawa capital city; modern-day Tokyo; center of the Tokugawa Shogunate18
294833605NagasakiJapanese trading port, after Jesuit disputes, only the Dutch were allowed to reside here, and only for 2-3 months at a time19
294833606School of National LearningNew 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 century20

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