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Empire based in China that Zhu Yuanhang established after the overthrow of the Yuan Empire. The Ming emperor Yongle sponsored the building of the Forbidden City and the voyages of Zheng He. The later years of the Ming saw a slowdown in technological development and economic decline. |
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| The central area in Beijing. It was a fortress, a religious site, a bureaucratic center, and an imperial residential park to overshadow Nanjing. Peasants were forbidden to set foot in here, and were killed if they did. |
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| Conducted naval expeditions from 1405-1433. He added about 50 new tributary states to the Ming dynasty, he was a Muslim, so his religion eased tension with the lands he visited. |
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| The Manchu family ruled the Qing Empire and the Manchu generals commanded the military forces. They were from Manchuria in the north, and they adopted chinese policies and institutions. |
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An Italian Jesuit priest that went to China on a China Jesuit China Mission during the 17th – 18th centuries. He kept journals that the Europeans read and made a strong impression upon.
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| Wealthy Shogunate that had warriors called Samurai. The last of the three shogunates of Japan. |
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| Capital of Japan, renamed Tokyo |
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| Powerful military ruling family. Rule over Japan politically, the Emperor is only a figure head |
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| China feared Islamic ideas during the Qing Dynasty. Prior to this, Muslims were allowed in China, but after they were denied the right to practice their religion, and they lost social status. |
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| Series of islands off the coast of Southeast Asia. China, Hindu, and Islamic culture influenced it. Missionaries were able to convert them to Christianity. |
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African and Dutch word for farmer. This was referred to the Dutch settlers that inhabited South Africa.
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| Influential defender of the Amerindiaans. Arrived at Hispaniola in 1502 as a settler. He was horrified at the treatment and deaths of the Amerindians he entered the Dominican Order, wrote books of their treatment and finally got a law that outlawed slavery, and limited forced labor. |
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| Sugar (the number one crop on the Central America / South American plantation) |
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The plantations depended on slave labor, it expanded greatly and it dominated the Brazilian economy.
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Trading Company chartered by the Dutch government to conduct its merchants’ trade in the Americas and Africa
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| Iran/Persia (1500-1722) focuses on land empire, Ismail=the first Shah-converts the country to Shi'ah (Shi'ite), contact w/Mughals bc of India, Isfahan=capitol (thank to Abbas the Great), not a true cosmopolitan city bc no Euro contact/influence, rug exporters, slow to adapt firearms |
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| Safavid Empire, Isfahan as capitol |
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Biggest empire in South Asia. northern India (1206-1526) 34 monarchs (2 sultans deposed by officers), increase of trade, public works, although Afghan it becomes an Indian state, Deccan falls=only South resists, Vijayan Empire=last Hindu one
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| Is a large plateau in India, making up the majority of the southern part of the country |
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| Mughal Empire (1526-1837), invaded India, golden age under Akbar the Great |
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Mughal, descendant of Tamerlane, invaded India
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| 1556, golden age, hundreds of tombs, forts, etc, understood he had to win support of the Hindu majority, eliminated poll tax, creates Divine Faith. |
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| 1628, under Shah Jahan, it's symmetrical, reflecting pool, tomb for his dead wife. |
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Mix of Hindu and Islam, now 3rd force in India, religion started during rule of Babur in 1500 by Nanak, 1 god, no caste, no images, yes to truth and tolerance, Indira Gandhi assassination=modern politics
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Turkey (1300-1922), by 1500 encompasses much of SE Europe, 1520=Suleiman the Magnificent, attacks Europe=siege of Vienna, maritime conflicts w/Italy-Italy pays tribute
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| Ottoman ruler, golden age |
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| Ottoman, Christian converts to Islam and becomes troops |
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| Ottoman Empire, led by Suleiman the M, signaled the pinnacle of Ottoman power |
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1700s British East India Trading Company, military man who cleared India etc. to make way for British East India Trading co.
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Language of Pakistan (Persian+Hindu)
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Group that opposed Mughals, nationalistic=preserved Hindu culture, 36 kingdoms in NW India, "a wall may give way but a Rajput stands fast"
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| East India Companies (Dutch and English) |
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Chartered with the monopoly of trading with Southeast Asia, East Asia, and India. joint-stock company that monopolized Asia |
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Portuguese trading city in India
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| Traditional Arab sailing vessel with one or more lateen sails |
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