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With the support of the Portuguese, Afonso fought to end the Muslim rule (Mughal Empire) along the Indian Ocean trade routes. His goal was to claim the territory for Portugal and rename the Indian Ocean the "Portuguese Lake"
Conquered the city of Malacca
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Empire ruled by the Muslim located in central Asia and spread throughout much of India. |
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Island located off the coast of India, seized by the Portuguese and utilized as a major military and commercial base.
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Muslim ruled East Indian trade port city. Afonso de Albuquerque killed all Muslims in the city and claimed the port city for the Portuguese.
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Distant area ports located along coastlines often controlled foreign countries. Ports supported long voyages, by providing a rest stop, trade and resources for weary explorers |
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Group of wealthy and powerful merchants, who's sovereign powers allowed them to build armies, wage war, negotiate peace treaties and govern oversees territories. The Dutch East Indian Companies power lead them to control many trade regions.
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Islands located on the fringes of Asia, which Spain conquered, colonized and renamed after King Philip II. The Filipinos were not united which made it easy to conquered by the Spanish.
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Troops organized by companies, made up of Indians. Sepoy troops protected companies interest.
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| One of two ports in which Europeans were permitted to trade in China during the Ming dynasty, controlled by the Porteguese. |
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Guangzhou was a massive city which was said to be bigger than all the capitals in Western Europe put together. It was the only city in all of China where foreigners were able to trade. The English name for Guangzhou is Canton |
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| A European who tried to convert the Emperor to Christianity by buying Western technology and trying to tried. It did not work, even though he argued that Confucian and Christian philosophy were actually very similar, but the Emperor ended up banning Christianity due to the exclusivity of the Christianity and fights between Franciscans, Dominicans, and Jesuits. |
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| Northeast Asian peoples who defeated the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty in 1644, which was the last of China's imperial dynasties. |
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| (1644-1911 CE), the last imperial dynasty of China which was overthrown by revolutionaries; was ruled by the Manchu people: began to isolate themselves from Western culture, |
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| Chinese Qing emperor (r. 1736-1795), grandson of Kangxi who continued his grandfather's conquests by consolidating hold on Xinjiang province (westernmost). He made Vietnam, Burma and Nepal vassal states of China, and delegated responsibilities to his favorite Eunuchs, marking the decline of the Qing Dynasty |
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| British diplomat; he visited China in 1793 to discuss expanding trade. He was sent away after his goods were found to be inferior and he refused to kowtow to the emperor. Quite insulting. |
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| Japanese trading port that allowed only two Dutch shits a year into the harbor. Otherwise Japan was closed and no other European powers but the Dutch were allowed during that specific time in that specific place. |
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