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Transcript of Age of Exploration and Isolation Ch. 3 Notes. 3.1.
Age of Exploration and Isolation
Ch. 3 Notes
3.1
Early Expeditions
Crusaders
Marco Polo
For God, Gold, and Glory
• Muslims and Italians controlled trade from East to West
• Other European nations wanted to bypass these powers
Portugal Leads the way with Prince Henry- Navigation School
Caravel ship
New Technology
Astrolabe
Magnetic compass
Bartolome Dias- Tip of Africa
Vasco da Gama- India
Spanish Expedition- Columbus
Line of Demarcation/ Treaty of Tordesillas Spain
explored west of line. Portugal explored east of line.
Portugal took over the spice trade
Spice Islands- Malacca
Ferdinand Magellan landed in the Philippines and Spain settled
Spice Islands
• English and Dutch challenged Portugal for the Indian Ocean trade
• Both- East India Company
• Dutch – victorious
China Limits European Contacts 3.2
Powerful China- Ming Dynasty • Vassal states paid tribute
• Hongwu- Confucian moral standards
Chinese superiority• Yonglo- moved the court to Beijing
• Launched 7 voyages of exploration
• Gave gifts of silver and silk
• Set up 3 trading post to sell silk and ceramics
•Mainly agricultural country
•Ming Dynasty ruled for 200 years
Manchus invaded China • Qing Dynasty
• Ruled over 260 years and expanded the borders
• Traded with Dutch- silk, porcelain, and tea
• China- population explosion
Japan Returns to Isolation3.3
Civil war in Japan, 1467
• Shoguns- military leaders
• Daimyo- became lords; fought each other for territory
• Samurai- offered protection
Japan Unified
• Oda Nobunaga - tried to unify Japan
• Toyotomi Hideyoshi - invaded Korea
• Leyasu- unified Japan; moved capital to Edo (Tokyo)
Society of Tokugawa
1. Emperor -figure head
2. Shogun- actual ruler
3. Daimyo and Samurai warriors
4. Peasants and artisans
5. Merchants
Influence from the Outside
• Shipwrecked Portuguese sailors- 1543
• Japanese bought muskets and cannons
• Christian missionaries- converted about 300,000
• Missionaries banned because they interfered with politics and beliefs
• Forced to Buddhism
• Closed country policy 1639
Haiku
• Poetry presents images not ideas
• 5-7-5 syllabus
• Ex. On a journey, ailing
My dreams roam about
Ov3r a withered moat by Matsuo Basho
Sample Nature Haikus
• An afternoon breezeexpels cold air, along withthe fallen brown leaves.
• Cherry blossoms bloom,softly falling from the tree,explode into night.