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Politics of Eurasia Mr. Millhouse AP World History Hebron High School

Post-Classical Europe: A Review Roman Empire (31 BCE – 476 CE) Byzantine Empire (conquered 1453) Germanic Kingdoms Clovis, Charlemagne, etc. Feudal Kingdoms Feudal Monarchy France, England, etc. Magna Carta, 1215

European Government  Three new developments Rise of nation-states  A political unit consisting of an autonomous state inhabited predominantly by a people sharing a common culture, history, and language. Rise of absolute monarchy  Monarch serves as the source of power in the state and is not legally bound by any constitution Rise of limited monarchy  Parliamentary monarchy or constitutional monarchy (England & Netherlands)  Monarch acts as head of state within the parameters of a constitution

Absolute Monarchy: France  Louis XIV ( ) Named king at age 4 Aided by Cardinal Mazarin until 1661  Secularized France  Promoted France as a nation-state Believed the monarch personified the state  Nicknamed the Sun King  “L’État c’est moi” or “I am the state”

Reign of Louis XIV  Limited power of nobility & Catholic church Increased size of French bureaucracy  Mercantilism was used to increase the wealth of France With mercantilism the monarch controls trade Jean Baptiste Colbert  Colonization North America and India  Built the Palace of Versailles

Palace of Versailles

 Palace used as a symbol of French wealth and power  Daily routines at Versailles were exploited by Louis XIV Nobility competed against each other to perform menial tasks for the king

Hall of Mirrors

Versailles – Some Statistics  Modern cost: over $2,000,000,000  Annual upkeep took 25% of France’s income  Main wing 500 yards long Two wings: 150 yards long  2,000 rooms  15,000 acres of gardens with 1,400 fountains

Spain: Philip II  First absolute monarch?  Ruled Spain ( ) during the “Golden Age of Spain”  Devout Catholic  Wars with England Married Mary I of England Invaded England with Spanish Armada in 1588

Spanish Palace of Philip V Look familiar?

Frederick II of Prussia  Absolute ruler of Prussia ( )  Unified Prussia, part of the Holy Roman Empire, into one nation  Built on of Europe’s most powerful militaries  Supported the Enlightenment  Enlightened despot

Palace of Frederick II Not again…

Maria Theresa of Austria  Absolute monarch of Austria ( )  Enlightened Despot  Eased taxes and gave more rights to her subjects  Gave birth to 16 children while in power Most famous child was Marie Antoinette

Austrian Palace of Maria Theresa Can I get unoriginal palaces for $1000?…

EURASIAN EMPIRES

Rise of Empire: Russia  Ivan the Great ( ) Creates a strong army Used loyalties to the Orthodox Church  Ivan the Terrible ( ) Increased power of the tsar  Patterns of Expansion Cossacks End independence of Central Asia Multinational Empire

Rise of Empire: Russia  Ivan the Great ( ) Creates a strong army Used loyalties to the Orthodox Church  Ivan the Terrible ( ) Increased power of the tsar  Patterns of Expansion Cossacks End independence of Central Asia Multinational Empire

Ivan the Great Ivan the Terrible

Rise of Empires: Ottoman  Osman ( ) Unites Turks against Mongols  Mehmed II ( ) Conquered Byzantine Empire  Methods Ghazi Gunpowder Janissaries  Devshirme—”Blood Tax”

Rise of Empires: Mughal  Babur ( ) Traced descent from Mongols Not motivated by religious fervor  Akbar ( ) Vision was to unite all of India Modernized the military  Methods Turkish military tradition Gunpowder Akbar with Jesuits by Nar Singh, c. 1605

Babur Akbar the Great

Rulers at the end of the 16 th century Left to Right  Akbar the Great ( )  Elizabeth I “the Virgin Queen” ( )  Tokugawa Ieyasu ( )  Shah Abbas the Great ( )

Political Systems: Russia  Tsarist Autocracy Bureaucracy Pugachev Rebellion  European-style military Gunpowder  Western Expansion Western capital Warm water port Partition of Poland Frequent wars with the Ottoman Empire

Political Systems: Ottoman  Political Structure Absolute Monarchy Vizier Warrior Aristocracy Janissaries  Religious Tolerance Millet System  Military Expansion Byzantine Empire Battle of Lepanto Siege of Vienna

Political Systems: Mughal  Political Structure Warrior Aristocracy Weak Bureaucracy Hindus control local administrations  Religious Tolerance  Expansion Aurangzeb expands empire into southern India Europeans establish trade colonies

Social Systems: Russia  Rise of Serfdom Encouraged by the government  Lacked the bureaucracy needed to control the people Made hereditary in 1649 Strengthened by Catherine the Great  Conditions of Serfs Serfs could be bought & sold Used village governments to regulate lives Illiterate and very poor  Led to rebellions Pugachev rebellion

Social Systems: Ottoman  Social Hierarchy Warrior aristocracy become landed elite Merchants and artisans  Guilds  Trade controlled by Jews and Christians Peasants face heavy burdens from landowners  Gender Roles Women subordinate to fathers and husbands Few scholarly or artistic opportunities Seclusion and veiling were imposed on women of all classes Elite women influence politics  Hurrem Sultan Could participate in trade and moneylending

Social Systems: Mughal  Encouraged widow remarriage  Discouraged child marriage  Outlawed sati  Discouraged female seclusion Special market days for women Top: practice of sati; Bottom: shrine to women who committed sati

Culture: Russia  Westernization Peter the Great  Traveled to the West to study science & technology  Modernized the military & the economy  Women were given more freedoms  Encouraged Western culture

Culture: Russia  Catherine the Great Enlightened despot Built schools and hospitals Religious tolerance Patronized Western art  Hermitage Museum Censored political writings that encouraged democracy and abolition of serfdom  Radishev Catherine the Great

Culture: Ottoman  Rebuilt Constantinople Suleymaiye Mosque Built Aqueducts  Coffee Houses Center of social life Read poetry & have scholarly discussions  Architecture Mimar Sinan compared to Michelangelo Blue Mosque, Istanbul

Culture: Mughal  Architecture Combines Hindu & Muslim Styles  Taj Mahal  Sikhism Founded by Guru Nanak ( ) Blend of Islam & Hinduism Personal salvation through disciplined, personal meditation on God A Sikh man in front of the Harimandir Sahib (Golden Temple)

Ming Dynasty

Ming Dynasty ( )  Yuan Dynasty came to an end in 1368 Chinese attempt to eliminate Mongol cultural influence by emphasizing Chinese traditions  Ming Government Reestablished Confucian bureaucracy Revived civil service exams Reopened imperial academies Moved capital to Beijing  Built the Forbidden City Expanded into Central Asia & Manchuria

Forbidden City

Ming Economy  New American crops expanded agriculture Sweet potato, maize, peanuts Led to rapid population growth  Went from 100 million in 1500 to 225 million by 1750  Population growth aided manufacturing by keeping wages low Limited need for labor saving devices  Launched expeditions into the Indian Ocean Zheng He voyages  Limited trade with Europeans to Macao & Canton  “the Silver Sink”

Zheng He vs. Columbus

Ming Society  Strengthened traditional Chinese values Filial piety Extended family system  Emphasized loyalty to family Females remained subordinate  Footbinding continued  Female infanticide was not uncommon  Widows were discouraged from remarrying & widow suicide was often encouraged Confucian-based social hierarchy

Ming Culture  Promoted Neo-Confucianism  Emphasized Chinese tradition  Literature Monkey, the Water Margin, etc.  Pottery  the Great Wall

Fall of the Ming Dynasty  Internal economic collapse Flow of silver and Ming tax policies  Disruption of trade  Extravagant lifestyle of the imperial family  Declining efficiency of the government  A series of famines in the early century  Peasant revolts  External invasions Manchu invaders easily defeated Ming dynasty  Establish the Qing dynasty ( )

The Qing Dynasty ( )  Founded by a Manchu warlord  Traditional Chinese dynasty  Continue many of the Ming policies Macao/Canton  Qing Golden Age Kangxi ( ) Yongzheng ( ) Qianlong ( )  White Lotus Rebellion ( )

Unification of Japan  Four centuries of feudal warfare ended in 1600 CE Oda Nobunaga (d. 1582)  Introduced firearms to Japanese warfare  Made alliances with Christian missionaries Toyotomi Hideyoshi (d. 1598) Tokugawa Ieyasu (d. 1616)  Finally unified Japan in 1603  Starting the Tokugawa Shogunate  Japan becomes a feudal “monarchy”

Japanese Isolation  Early support for foreigners replaced with xenophobia Many rejected Chinese learning Supported the “school” of National Learning  Passed a series of seclusion acts Japanese seclusion act of 1636  Limited influence of the West Dutch were limited to the port of Nagasaki Some interest in Western ideas continued  Schools of Dutch Studies

Tokugawa Culture  Tea houses, brothels, theater, and public baths were popular New forms of theater: kabuki & bunraku (elaborate puppet shows)  Ukiyo-e or “woodblock prints”