Empires of the World in 1500 CE
Eastern Hemisphere Songhai Safavids Ottomans Japan Mughals China (Ming Dynasty) Songhai Mughals
Outline European Kingdoms Africa (Songhai state) Gunpowder States (Ottomans, Safavids, Mughals) Asia (China & Japan) Trade Networks / Product Origins
Africa Songhai Controlled the Gold- Salt trade Islamic religion Timbuktu: Islamic Cultural Center and city
Africa 1st- European nations established trading port throughout Africa’s coast 2nd - Slaves, Gold and Ivory were exported out using the Triangle Trade system 3rd - Africa imported manufactured goods from Europe, Asia and the Americas 4th Africa also imported new food products such as corn and peanuts
Ottoman Empire Ottomans (Today’s Turks) Conquer Byzantines in 1453 (Constantinople becomes Istanbul) Empire on 3 continents (Asia, Europe and Africa) united by Islam Take Balkans up to Vienna Sunni Muslims Trade in coffee and ceramics
Decline of the Ottomans Decline of the Ottoman Empire 1798-1920 Nation state of Turkey emerges
Safavid Empire (Persian) Location=Southwest Asia (Iran today) Religion=Islam (Shi’ite/Shi’a) Silk Trade
Palace at Isfahan
Mughal Empire Location= North and Central Indian subcontinent Religion=Islam, but the people are mostly Hindu Establish trade with Europeans along SW coast (Portuguese, English, Dutch)
Emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in 1629 http://www.history.com/topics/taj-mahal/videos
Ming Empire (China) Overthrow Mongols Explorations of Admiral Zheng He Beijing and Forbidden City Establish European trade enclaves to limit outside influences
Ming Empire in 1580 CE
Tokugawa Shogunate (Japan) Tokugawa Shogunate unifies feudal Japan (Muskets) Social Pyramid :Emperor, Shogun, Daimyo, Samurai, Peasants (strict) Isolationist (Act of Seclusion)
Feudal Society Shogun Daimyo Samurai Peasants
Japan 1st Japan had powerless emperors ruled by military leaders, called shoguns 2nd Adopted a policy of isolation to limit foreign influences 3rd Merchants were not valued within Japanese society
Trade Goods Asia: Paper, Compass, Silk, Porcelain India: Textiles, # System, Spices, Gems Middle East: Astronomy, Medicines, Mathematics (al jabr) Africa: Ivory and Gold