1. The age of Exploration & Isolation
Chapter 3
The age of Exploration & Isolation

2. Europeans Explore the East
3.1
Europeans Explore the East

3. God, Glory & Gold Europeans Seek new trade routes
Nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon and pepper
Was extremely expensive to send from Asia to Europe
Reason to find a sea trade route
Also wanted to spread Christianity

4. New Technology Early ships could not sail against the wind
Caravel could cross 3,000 miles of ocean
Navigation - Astrolabe & magnetic compass

5. Portugal Took the lead in exploration Big push from the Prince
Made a series of trade ports along Africa
Bartolomeu Dias
Rounded the tip of Africa
Vasco da Gama
First sailor to India
27,000 miles
Cargo was worth 60x's the cost of the trip

6. Spain Christopher Columbus
Convinced the Spanish Monarch to finance a trip
Find a route to India by going West
Mistook an island in the Caribbean for the Indies

7. Rivalry Portugal believed Spain was claiming their lands
Pope drew an imaginary line through the Atlantic
Treaty o Tordesilla to honor agreement

8. Trading Empire Tried building large trading empire
Took spice trade from Muslims
Able to defeat Muslim ships by use of cannon
Began building forts
Successfully stopped the Italian/Muslim trade

9. Other nations Dutch & English began to challenge Portugal
By 1600 the Dutch owned the largest fleet
20,000 vessels
Created the Dutch East India Trading Company
Increased its influence over the Indian Ocean

10. China Limits European Contact
3.2
China Limits European Contact

11. Ming Dynasty Peasant's son commands a rebel army Drives out Mongols
Pushes Agriculture Production & Erasing Mongols
Merit based civil service examinations
Problems causes him to be ruthless
Purges government - Kills thousands

12. Voyages Zheng He commands all voyages
Large ships, large measurements, distances
ships each voyage each over 400 feet long
After 7th voyage they withdraw to isolation

13. Foreign Relations Only government was allowed to conduct foreign trade
Did not become industrialized
Money "Supporting foreigners and robbery"
Chinese favored agriculture - taxes were low

14. Qing Dynasty 1600 Ming Dynasty became weak
Rebellion follows weak government
Manchus - Northeast of Great Wall
Invades China & becomes new dynasty

15. Qing Dynasty Reduces government & lowered taxes
Opens up to science, math & medicine

16. Isolation If country's wanted to trade had to follow rules
Trade only at certain ports
Pay tribute
Dutch accepts rules but England did not

17. Life in Ming & Qing Women Sons were favored over girls
Only sons allowed to do religious rituals
Many female infants were killed
Most women were forced to remain inside the home

18. Japan Returns to Isolation
3.3 Pg. 108
Japan Returns to Isolation

19. Feudalism Security comes from a group of powerful warlords
Built forts & castles
Created small armies of samurai on horses
Created disorder

20. New Leaders Several leaders wanted to rule entire country
Oda Nobunagaa - seized capital
"Rule the empire by force"
Not able to unify Japan
Committed seppuku

21. Tokugawa Ieyasu Unifies Japan To keep from rebellions
Requires local leaders to spend every other year in the capital.
On the off years they had to leave their families as hostage

22. Society in Japan Emperor had top rank but just figure head
Shogun - supreme military commander held power
Next diamyo - powerful Samurai

23. Closed Country Policy Persecutes Christians
Keep out Merchants & missionaries
Japanese were forbidden to leave Japan