1. Warm-up Skillbuilder “Interpreting Visuals” p. 538
1) Why do you think the emperor wanted to keep common people out of the Forbidden City?
2) What aspects of the Forbidden City helped to convey the power of the emperor?
To show supremacy of leader, to keep peasants in awe of rulers
Hall of Supreme Harmony, Hall of Central Harmony, Nine-Dragon Wall, 35 foot tall walls

2. Japan and China (1600-1850’s C.E.)
SSWH11 Students will investigate political and social changes in Japan and in China from the seventeenth century CE to mid-nineteenth century CE.
a. Describe the policies of the Tokugawa and Qing rulers; include how Oda Nobunaga laid the ground work for the subsequent Tokugawa rulers and how Kangxi came to rule for such a long period in China.
b. Analyze the impact of population growth and its impact on the social structure of Japan and China.

3. Review Japan China Feudalism Shoguns & Samurai Warring States
Ming Dynasty
1368 – 1644
Zheng He + exploration
Return to isolation

4. China
Ming Dynasty ( ) Ming rulers not going to allow outsiders from distant lands to threaten peace and prosperity the Ming had brought to China when they ended Mongol rule
Qing Dynasty – Manchu invaders
1644 – 1804 C.E.

5. Kangxi 1661 becomes Emperor Rules for 60 years Reduced taxes
Patron of intellectuals
Allowed Jesuits into his court
 incorporated ideas from other cultures

6. Chinese policies under Qing
China was cultural center of Universe
Increased policies of isolation
Only Government could trade with foreigners
British and Dutch traders
 leads to Opium Wars

7. Population Explosion New foods brought from Americas  More people
Chinese prefer sons to daughters for religious ceremonies/care for elderly

8. Japan 1467 C.E. Civil War Daimyo – lords in new Japanese feudalism
Oda Nobunaga attempts unification
Toyotomi Hideyoshi C.E. invades Korea

9. Tokugawa Shogunate Tokugawa Ieyasu Unifies Japan 1600 C.E.
Merchant/wealthy prosper from high taxes
Population explodes

10. Life in Tokugawa Mid 1700’s Urbanization Women obey husbands
New literature
Haiku syllable poetry
Kabuki theater

11. Outsiders Portuguese 1543 C.E. Traded weapons
Conversions through missionaries
Shogunate bans Christianity
Leads to isolation