1. East Asia and Russia

2. Japanese Reunification
Hideyoshi - successful warlord - Invaded mainland Asia - Invasion of Korea briefly successful but Japanese military leaders leave after Hideyoshi’s death
Effects of Hideyoshi - Korean nobles receive more power - Weakens Ming China
Tokugawa Ieyasu takes control in 1543= Tokugawa Shogunate

3. Tokugawa Shogunate Political unity (somewhat) Economic integration
Daimyo required to visit Edo frequently
Rice as a form of currency
Edo one of the largest cities in the world
Merchants gain power
Samurai become accustomed to the finer things in life and lose some of their status

4. Contact with Europe Firearms= very quick to adapt
Little commercial interaction and closely regulated
Catholic missionaries
Jesuits= well received by daimyos intially
Government suspicious/threatened
Complete eradication of the religion
Lack of European trade “the price to pay” for being rid of Christian influence

5. Tokugawa Troubles Rapid population growth Rapid Economic growth
Inability to stabilize rice prices
Economic woes of the Samurai
Struggle b/w new and traditional

6. The Later Ming Dynasty
Assembly-line production of blue and white porcelain, silk for SILVER
Urban centers of cultural and commercial development
Merit based system of government
Industry and food production flourished

7. Ming Decline Hon Wu Rapid Urban Growth Economic Expansion Corruption
Inefficiency
Labor uprisings and strikes
Insecure boarders
Fighting with the Mongols of the north and west
Manchus called in to help expel the Japanese…. And stay
Manchu start the Qing dynasty

8. Trade and Missonaries Trade w/ China important (2nd to spices)
Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch were the first to develop trade
Dutch East India Company- boots out the Portuguese
Missionaries followed: - Jesuits successful= adapt Christianity to culture - brought science and tech - eventually expelled

9. Kangxi Cancelled taxes 4 times- royal coffers were SO FULL!
Conquered Mongolia
Very open to European ideas and tech

10. China’s Influence Europe China
Luxury goods- wallpaper, tea, porcelain, and decorative items
Inoculation
Chinese rulers were the ideal
Trade closely regulated (Canton)
Rarely bought foreign goods
England= wanted more trade and China refused. East India Company in trouble

11. Qing Decline
Pop. Explosion= environmental problems - deforestation - poor maintenance grand canal
Rebellions grew
2x larger than Ming w/ same size gov= not capable of handling problems

12. Russia Rising Muscovy gained independence from Golden Horde
Prince Ivan IV greatly expanded territory
Slavic and Christian Orthodox= 3rd Rome=rulers were tsars (caesar)
Poor, backward, and land locked= need for warm water port
Siberia- path to the East, furs, penal colony= revenue and Euro. tech

13. Society and Politics Expansion leads to new identities: - Cossacks
Religious quarrels: - West Christian - East Islam
Rise in central power= fall in peasant freedom - peasants to serfs (almost slaves) ½ pop.

14. Peter the Great 1689-1725 Reduced isolation & increased size/power
St. Petersburg= window to the west
Social reform: - elite mimic Europeans dress - women unveiled
Controlled the church
Trade and toleration= money and innovation
Increased power of the tsar
Russia becomes a world power
Policies continued - Catherine the Great= improved farming and industry

15. Comparative Review
Russia and China grew rapidly. Japan was decentralized and colonies failed
Russian and Japanese armies underwent radical changes. China lagged behind.
Russia developed a navy. China and Japan did not.
China and Russia: diverse new people
Japan and China: suspicious of Christianity
Social hierarchy and forced labor were common in Russian and China
Russia sought trade while China and Japan tried to control it.