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12 Cards in this Set
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Asian transitions in an Age of Global Change
Key People: Vasco da Gama |
*He and his sailors found a sea link between an expansive and insecure Europe and the powerful and wealthy
civilizations of Asia *He rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1498 *Marked a turning point for much of Western Europe |
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Asian transitions in an Age of Global Change
Key People: Francis Xavier |
*Jesuit who was willing to minister to the poor, low-caste fisher-folk and untouchables along the southwest coast
*He converted tens of thousands |
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Asian transitions in an Age of Global Change
Key People: Robert di Nobili |
*Devised a different conversion strategy in the early 1600's
*He learned several Indian languages *He adopted many traditions to win over the upper-caste Hindus *He reasoned that if he succeeded in Chrustianizing the high-caste Hindus, they would then bring the lower Hindu castes into the fold |
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Asian transitions in an Age of Global Change
Key People: Zhu Yuanzhang |
*A military commander of peasant origins who founded the Ming Dynasty, had suffered a great deal under the Mongol Yoke
*His armies conquered most of China *He declared himself the Hongwu emperor in 1368 |
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Asian transitions in an Age of Global Change
Key People: Zhenghe |
One of the Yunglo's most trusted subordinates, who led several major expeditions overseas.
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Asian transitions in an Age of Global Change
Key People: Matteo Ricci |
*Brilliant Jesuit scholar who spent most of his time in the imperial city correcting faulty calenders,forging cannon, fixing clocks imported from Europe, and astounding the Chinese scholar-gentry with the accuracy of his instruments and his ability to predict eclipes
*He won a few converts among the elite |
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Asian transitions in an Age of Global Change
Key People: Adam Schall |
*Brilliant Jesuit scholar who spent most of his time in the imperial city correcting faulty calenders,forging cannon, fixing clocks imported from Europe, and astounding the Chinese scholar-gentry with the accuracy of his instruments and his ability to predict eclipes
*He won a few converts among the elite |
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Asian transitions in an Age of Global Change
Key People: Chongzhen |
Last of the Ming emperors; commited suicide in 1644 in the face of a Jurchen invasion of the Forbidden City at Beijing
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Asian transitions in an Age of Global Change
Key People: Nurhaci |
*Architect of Manchu unity
*He created distinctive Manchu banner armies;controlled most of Manchuria *Adopted Chinese bureaucracy and court ceremonies in Manchuria *Entered China and successfully captured the Ming capital at Beijing |
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Asian transitions in an Age of Global Change
Key People: Nobunaga |
*Japanese Daimyo:
*First to make extensive use of firearms *In 1573 deposed last of Ashikaga shoguns *Unified much of central Honshu under his command *Killed in 1582 |
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Asian transitions in an Age of Global Change
Key People: Toyotomi Hideyoshi |
*Moved Quickly to punish those who had betrayed Nobunaga and to renew the drive to break the power of the daimyos who had not yet submitted to him
*Skillful at diplomacy *Master of the military of Japan by 1590 |
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Asian transitions in an Age of Global Change
Key People: Tokugawa Ieyashu |
*Built a powerful domain on the heavily populated Kanto plain
*Concentrated on consolidating power at home *In 1603, he was granted the title of shogun by the emperor |
