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China and Japan in Exploration

China and Japan in Exploration. Objective: Explain the actions of China and Japan during the Age of Exploration. CBM Notes: China Notes: Japan Work on review HW: Study for test on Ch. 2, 3, 4. China. Ming Dynasty (China). Hongwu Positives Restored Confucianism Merit-based civil service

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China and Japan in Exploration

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  1. China and Japan in Exploration Objective: Explain the actions of China and Japan during the Age of Exploration. • CBM • Notes: China • Notes: Japan • Work on review • HW: Study for test on Ch. 2, 3, 4

  2. China

  3. Ming Dynasty (China) • Hongwu • Positives • Restored Confucianism • Merit-based civil service • Negatives • Problems developed • Became paranoid • Yonglo • Moved capital to Beijing • Sponsored voyages of Zheng He • 1405-1433 series of 7 voyages • Gave Chinese treasure out at ports in Indian Ocean • Complaints of wasted resources

  4. Trade Policies • Isolation • Government only • Merchants - smuggling • Increase in silk & ceramics • Not industrial • Missionaries

  5. Manchus • Took over 1600s • Respected social structure • Restored prosperity • Isolation • Trade at special ports • Pay tribute • Dutch Daily Life?

  6. Japan

  7. Tokugawa Ieyasu(1543-1616) • Appointed shogun by the Emperor. • Four-class system laid down with marriage restricted to members of the same class!  • Warriors. • Farmers. • Artisans. • Merchants.

  8. Tokugawa Shogunate Period • Japan closed off to all trade [except to the Dutch and Chinese].  • The Dutch were restricted to a small island in Nagasaki harbor. • Japanese Christians persecuted and Christianity is forbidden. • The government is centralized with all power in the hands of the shogun. • Domestic trade flourishes. • Towns, esp. castle towns, increase. • Merchant class becomes rich!  • New art forms  haiku poetry, kabuki theater.

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