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China and Japan1450-1750
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China
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Ming Dynasty

• Chinese drove out Mongol invaders in 1300s
• Ming Dynasty established
• Time of great cultural achievement

10M Ming Vase
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• Great Wall rebuilt and reinforced
• Civil service exam for govt jobs reinstated
• Voyages of Zheng He began in 1400s

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The Arrival of the Europeans

• Portuguese arrived in 1500s seeking trade
  opportunities
• New World silver exchanged for Chinese porcelain,
  silk, and tea
• Port of Macao established to regulate trade
  w/Europeans

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Macao Today
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• Arrival of New World crops in China boosted
  population
• Jesuit missionaries tried to make converts, but
  were eventually expelled

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Japan
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Unification

• Tukugawa Shogunate established in 1603, ruled
  until 1863
• Capital moved from Kyoto to Edo (Tokyo)

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• Greater economic integration led to growth of
  merchant class

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The Arrival of the Europeans

• Portuguese reached Japan in 1543
• Western inventions like firearms, clocks,
  printing press introduced
• Merchants soon followed by missionaries

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The Spread of Christianity

• Missionaries focused first on converting the
  daimyo and samurai
• By end of 1500s, shogun began to see
  Christianity as a threat
• All missionaries were expelled and the practice
  of the religion was banned in 1614
• Active persecution began and Christianity was
  reduced to an underground faith

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Isolation

• Isolation of Japan from Christianity turned into
  isolation of Japan from most outside influence
• Dutch and Chinese could only trade through the
  port of Nagasaki
• Only ended in 1863 w/Meiji Restoration