1. Russian and Japanese Empires

2. Japanese Isolation (1600-1876)
Civil War
Tokugawa Ieyasu est. Shogunate
Stabilized region forced daimyos to live with him
Easier to control

3. Japanese Isolation Cut most ties with outside world
couldn’t travel abroad
Foreigners expelled from empire
Dutch, Chinese merchants allowed in ports
Kept Japan up-to-date with technology
Economy, population, production grew

4. Russian Empire (1480-1917) Overthrew Mongol rule Ivan III 1st Czar
Previously had to pay tribute to Khans
Ivan III 1st Czar
Refused to pay tribute to Mongols
Est. central government, Russian Orthodox Church
Czar head of Church
Ivan the Terrible grandson of Ivan III
Mentally ill, paranoid
Rule very chaotic

5. Romanov Family Rule Peter the Great most powerful Czar
Obsessed with Western technology, styles
Forced men to shave beards, wear “western clothes”
Industry developed
Science and Math Schools developed
St. Petersburg built Window to the West