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1. Chapter 22 Asian Traditions in an Age of Global Change
World Civilizations: The Global Experience
Stearns, Adas, Schwartz, Gilbert
2. Asian Sea Trading Network Arab Zone
Glass, carpets, tapestries
Indian Zone
Cotton textiles
Chinese Zone
Paper, porcelain, silk
4. Asian Sea Trading Network Coastal Routes
Needed better technology to cross open sea
No central control
Military force absent
5. Portuguese Introduced warfare into the network
They did not have the goods to trade, so they forced the Asian kingdoms to trade with them
Built forts in major cities
Created a monopoly of trade in spices
Unable to maintain
6. The Dutch and British Begin to challenge Portugal
Tried to create monopolies on goods, found it was easier to work within the network and sell to Europe at inflated prices
Dutch – spices
British – cotton
7. Missionaries Difficult to convert
Islam had already been there
High-caste Hindus refused to convert or associate with low-caste Hindus who did convert
Isolated areas converted
Philippines (not previously touched by world religions)
Still practiced traditional beliefs
8. Ming China Emperor Hongwu overthrows the Mongols in 1368
Rids China of all Mongol influence
Reinstates the civil service exams
Tries to end corruption
Improved infrastructure
Neo-confucian
9. Zhenghe Trading missions
Showed that China could have dominated world trade
Ended due to cost
11. Ming Decline Weak emperors after Hongwu and Yunglo let corruption run rampant, and did not keep up with infrastructure
Ming Dynasty finally toppled in 1644
13. Japan Nobunaga deposes the last Ashikaga Shogunate (ruled in name only over the daimyos)
He dies, his successor tries to establish dominance overseas; he dies
Tokugawa Ieyasu consolidated power at home, named Shogun by the Emperor
14. Japan Europeans trying to influence Japan
Missionaries
Tried the top down method of conversion like in India and China
Eventually they decide that the western influence was counter to their own beliefs and the Japanese enter into self-imposed isolation
No Japanese ships allowed to leave
Foreigners only allowed in designated cities (Nagasaki)