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CHAPTER 19 AN AGE OF EXPLORATIONS & ISOLATION SECTION 1 EUROPEANS EXPLORE THE EAST God Glory and Gold • Stories of early explorers, like Marco Polo getting to China in 1275, told of great riches… • Since Europe was at war for most of the 1300’s, exploration was not an interest • 1400s- interested again and now have technology to make this very profitable So why would these Europeans leave? • SPICES SUCH AS CINNAMON, NUTMEG, GINGER, PEPPER, ETC WERE WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD • AFTER BRINGING THESE SPICES BACK, MERCHANTS WERE ABLE TO SELL SPICES AT HIGH PRICES • DESIRE TO BE RICH, SPREAD CHRISTIANITY, & ADVANCES IN SAILING ALLOWED THEM TO LEAVE • MUSLIMS AND ITALIANS CONTROLLED TRADE FROM EAST TO WEST • MUSLIMS SOLD ASIAN GOODS TO ITALIANS, WHO SOLD THEM ACROSS MEDITERRANEAN PORTUGAL LEADS THE WAY… • One of the reasons why Portugal leads the way was Prince Henry the Navigator • Included in his achievements were: – Founding a Navigation school, – Supporting Exploration through funding – The belief in getting himself and the country richer – Spreading Christianity – Setting up a trading network for even more riches • WHY SPREAD CHRISTIANITY? • EUROPEANS BELIEVED SACRED DUTY WAS TO CONVERT NONCHRISTIANS. • WHO WAS THEIR OLD OPPOSITION? • WHO WAS THEIR NEW OPPOSITION? Bartolomeu Dias • Early Portuguese Explorer • While he is known for reaching the Horn of Africa he said his motive was: – “To Serve God and His majesty to give light to those who were in darkness and to grow rich as all men desire to do” • NOW HOW WAS THIS POSSIBLE? • “New” TECHNOLOGY • These New Technologies included: • SHIPS SUCH AS THE CARAVEL. • IMPROVED SAILING TECHNIQUES. • STURDIER, TRIANGULAR SAILS TO SAIL INTO THE WIND • NAVIGATIONTOOLS AND TECHNIQUES (ASTROLABE, COMPASS, CHIP LOG, ETC). • VASCO DA GAMA • 1497, EXPLORED EAST COAST OF AFRICA AND THEN PORT OF CALICUT (SW SHORE OF INDIA), RETURNED HOME WITH CARGO 60 TIMES COST OF VOYAGE. SPAIN ALSO MAKES CLAIMS • CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS • 1492- REACHED A CARIBBEAN ISLAND • MISTAKENLY THOUGHT IT WAS EAST INDIES. OPENED THE WAY FOR COLONIZATION IN AMERICA. TENSION BETWEEN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL • WHEN COLUMBUS IS BELIEVED TO HAVE REACHED ASIA, PORTUGAL & SPAIN HAD MAJOR TENSION AS THEY BATTLE FOR LAND • THE PORTUGUESE ARGUE COLUMBUS IS CLAIMING LAND THAT WAS ALREADY THEIRS • THE TWO COUNTRIES COME TO THE VERGE OF WAR, BUT POPE ALEXANDER VI INTERVENES. TREATY OF TORDESILLAS • THE POPE SUGGESTS A “LINE OF DEMARCATION” – A MADE UP BORDERLINE • - WEST OF LINE WOULD BE SPAIN’S, EAST OF LINE WOULD BE PORTUGAL’S • 1494-BOTH COUNTRIES AGREE TO HONOR THE LINE TRADING EMPIRES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN • PORTUGAL • THE PORTUGUESE TAKE TRADING CITIES IN CHINA (MACAU), INDIA (GOA), AND MALAYSIA (MALACCA STRAIT) • DOMINATED TRADE IN INDIAN OCEAN, PERSIAN GULF, ARABIAN SEA, INDIA & ASIA • WHY ARE THEY DETERMINED TO PREVENT MUSLIMS FROM CONTINUING THEIR SPICE TRADE? Portuguese Success! • The Portuguese break the Italian-Muslim monopoly • They brought goods back to Europe which now cost Europeans 1/5th of the previous cost • As a result of the cheaper cost, demand goes up even more for these Eastern goods. • Portugal’s Asian success brought competitors and new explorers through Asia. Ferdinand Magellan • Born in modern day Portugal, he served the King of Spain • Very simply put, he was the man who put together the first expedition that would circumnavigate the world And Now… Competitors… • THE DUTCH (A.K.A. NETHERLANDS) CHALLENGE • BY 1620, THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY HAVE LARGEST FLEET IN WORLD. • THE DUTCH FORM THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY, WHICH IS FINANCED BY WORLDWIDE INVESTORS • EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE A COMPANY, THEY WERE: – WEALTHY – MADE TREATIES, – RAISED ARMIES. DROVE OUT THE ENGLISH & ESTABLISHED THEIR DOMINANCE IN REGION • THEY DRIVE THE PORTUGUESE OUT OF INDONESIA • DUTCH TRADE OUTPOSTS • SEIZED CONTROL OF MANY PORTUGUESE AREAS INCLUDING CONTROL OF INDIAN OCEAN. • BY 1700 THEY RULED INDONESIA & HAD MANY TRADING POSTS IN ASIA. • ALSO CONTROLLED CAPE OF GOOD HOPE ON SOUTHERN TIP OF AFRICA WHICH WAS A MAJOR RESUPPLY STOP British and French Outposts • By the 1700’s Great Britain started the English East India Company • The French East India Company faced too many attacks from the Dutch and was never that successful SECTION 2 CHINA LIMITS EUROPEAN CONTACTS CHINA UNDER THE POWERFUL MING DYNASTY • MING DYNASTY • HONGWU • DOMINATED POWER IN ASIA (1368-1644). • COUNTRIES PAID TRIBUTE TO THE MING, & EXPECTED EUROPEANS TO DO THE SAME. • 1ST MING EMPEROR, CREATED MANY REFORMS TO PROMOTE POWER & PROSPERITY, SEEN AS A TYRANT • YONGLO • ZHENG HE • SON OF HONGWU TOOK OVER IN 1398. • MOVED CAPITAL TO BEIJING, FORBIDDEN CITY BUILT • 1405, LAUNCHED 7 VOYAGES OF EXPLORATION • LED ALL VOYAGES, EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM WAS LARGE, DISTRIBUTED GIFTS OF SILK & SILVER • 16 COUNTRIES EVENTUALLY PAY TRIBUTE TO CHINA • FOREIGN RELATIONS OF CHINA • CHINA REMAINED ISOLATED EVEN THOUGH DEMAND OF SILK & CERAMIC SKY ROCKETED. • OPPOSED EUROPEAN & CHRISTIAN PRESENCE MANCHUS FOUND THE QING DYNASTY • MANCHUS • PEOPLE OF MANCHURIA INVADED CHINA & MING DYNASTY FALLS • TOOK CHINESE NAME FOR THEIR DYNASTYQING • LASTED 260 YEARS • EXPANDED BORDER TO INCLUDE TAIWAN, CHINESE CENTRAL ASIA, MONGOLIA, & TIBET • CHINA UNDER THE QING • KANGXI • FIRST RESISTED • WHY? • SLOWLY EARNED RESPECT BY UPHOLDING CONFUCIAN BELIEFS & STRUCTURE • EMPEROR IN 1661 RULED FOR 60 YEARS, REDUCED GOV. EXPENSES & LOWERED TAXES • QIAN-LONG • GRANDSON OF KANGXI, RULED FROM 17361795, REACHED GREATEST PROSPERITY, WORKED ON EMPIRE’S PROBLEMS • CHINA’S RESTRICTIONS • IF COUNTRIES WANTED TO TRADE WITH CHINA THEY WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW RULES & PAY A TRIBUTE. • KOREA • PAID CHINESE TRIBUTE & ADOPTED MANY WAYS OF CHINA’S BELIEFS • GAINED STRONG SENSE OF NATIONALISM AND AWAY FROM CHINA ESPECIALLY SEEN IN THEIR ART. LIFE IN MING & QING CHINA • FAMILY LIFE • FAMILIES FARMED NEW FOOD, NUTRITION IMPROVED & FAMILIES EXPANDED • SONS FAVORED, ONLY ALLOWED TO PERFORM VITAL RELIGIOUS RITUALS • RAISE OWN FAMILY UNDER PARENTS ROOF • WHY? • FEMALES NOT VALUED • WIVES RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED – WORKING IN THE FIELDS, – SUPERVISED CHILDREN’S EDUCATION – MANAGED FAMILY FINANCES SECTION 3 JAPAN RETURNS TO ISOLATION A NEW FEUDALISM UNDER STRONG LEADERS • JAPAN • DAIMYO • VIOLENT ERA 14671568 KNOWN AS SENGOKU OR WARRING STATES • WARRIOR CHIEFTAINS OFFERED SECURITY FOR LOYALTY • ODA NOBUNAGA • BRUTAL & AMBITIOUS DAIMYO SEIZED CAPITAL OF KYOTO (1568). • COULDN’T UNIFY JAPAN & COMMITTED SUICIDE • TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI • NOBUNAGA’S BEST GENERAL CONTINUED THE MISSION. • CONTROLLED MOST OF COUNTRY UNTIL HE DIED IN 1598 • TOKUGAWA IEYASU • UNIFIED JAPAN, BECAME SOLE RULER, MOVED CAPITAL TO EDO (TOKYO). • FORCED LOCAL DAIMYO’S TO SPEND EVERY OTHER YEAR IN THE CAPITAL, THIS TAMED THEM • RULE OF LAW OVERCAME THE RULE OF THE SWORD • MEANING? • TOKUGAWA SHOGUNATE • DYNASTY OF SOLE RULERS UNIFIED • WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE. • STRIVED TO BE VIRTUOUS. • AND VOWED TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY. LIFE IN TOKUGAWA JAPAN • THE IDEAL SOCIETY DEPENDED ON AGRICULTURE NOT COMMERCE IN TOKUGOWA JAPAN • WHY? • SOCIETY SHIFT IN JAPAN • MID 1700’S FROM RURAL TO URBAN. • EDO BECAME LARGEST CITY IN WORLD WITH MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE. • COMMERCIAL CENTERS INCREASED • HAIKU • 5-7-5 SYLLABLE, 3-LINE VERSE POETRY; PRESENTED IMAGES RATHER THAN IDEAS • KABUKI • THEATRE WHERE ACTORS WERE IN ELABORATE COSTUMES, • USING MUSIC, DANCE, & MIME • PERFORMED SKITS ABOUT MODERN LIFE. CONTACT BETWEEN EUROPE & JAPAN • PORTUGUESE MERCHANTS • CASTLES BUILT • FIRST GROUP IN JAPAN. FIREARMS WAS THEIR BIGGEST ITEM OF TRADE. • BUILT FORTIFIED CASTLES TO WITHSTAND CANNONBALLS. • WHY DID BUILDING OF CASTLES ATTRACT PEOPLE? • CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES • JAPAN ACCEPTS IT AT FIRST. WHY? • BRILLIANT CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES LIKE FRANCIS XAVIER COME TO JAPAN • EVENTUALLY BANNED BECAUSE WENT AGAINST TRADITIONAL JAPANESE BELIEFS THE CLOSED COUNTRY POLICY • JAPAN CLOSES BORDERS • STRENGTHENED TOKUGAWA SHOGUNS BY ELIMINATING EUROPEAN IDEAS THAT UNDERMINED TOKUGAWA AUTHORITY • LIMITING TRADE PRODUCED MONOPOLY • HIGH PROFITS FOR THE SHOGUNS • LONG TERM EFFECT OF CLOSED COUNTRY POLICY OF JAPAN • MISSED TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES – ELECTRICITY – SCIENCE – MILITARY • STAGNATION OF IDEAS – EMPERORS UNTIL 1945 – NOT A FREE MARKET UNTIL 1945