Asian Transitions in an Age of Global Change

Chapter Summary

Chapter Summary Continued

The Asian Trading World

The Coming of the Europeans

The Asian Sea-Trading Network,
c. 1500

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Prior to the Europeans

Trading Empire

The Portuguese Response to the Encounter at Calicut

Slide 11

Portuguese Vulnerability

The Rise of the Dutch and English Trading Empires

The Dutch and The English

Going Ashore

The European Tribute Systems in Asia

Spreading the Faith

The Missionary Enterprise in South and Southeast Asia

Modest Returns

The Early Impact of Europeans in Maritime Asia

Ming China

A Global Mission Refused

Another Scholar-Gentry Revival

The Scholar-Gentry

Reform

Hongwu's Efforts to Root Out Abuses in Court Politics

A Return to Scholar-Gentry Social Dominance

Scholar-Gentry Social Dominance

Woman and the Court

An Age of Growth

Agriculture, Population, Commerce

The Arts

An Age of Expansion

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The Zhenghe Expeditions

Europe and China Compared

Means and Motive in Overseas Expansion

Chinese Retreat

The Arrival of the Europeans

Ming Decline

The Chinese Predicament

Fending Off the West

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Japan's Reunification and the First Challenge

Dealing with the European Challenge

Japan and Europe

Japan's Self-Imposed Isolation

Isolation

Japan and Isolation

Conclusion: Asia and the First Phase of Europe's Global Expansion.

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