China and Japan1450-1750

China

Ming Dynasty

Chinese drove out Mongol invaders in 1300’s

Ming Dynasty established

Time of great cultural achievement

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$10M Ming Vase

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Great Wall rebuilt and reinforced

Civil service exam for gov’t jobs reinstated

Voyages of Zheng He began in 1400’s

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The Arrival of the Europeans

Portuguese arrived in 1500’s seeking trade opportunities

New World silver exchanged for Chinese porcelain, silk, and tea

Port of Macao established to regulate trade w/Europeans

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Macao Today

Arrival of New World crops in China boosted population

Jesuit missionaries tried to make converts, but were eventually expelled

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Japan

Unification

Tukugawa Shogunate established in 1603, ruled until 1863

Capital moved from Kyoto to Edo (Tokyo)

Greater economic integration led to growth of merchant class

The Arrival of the Europeans

Portuguese reached Japan in 1543Western inventions like firearms,

clocks, printing press introducedMerchants soon followed by

missionaries

The Spread of Christianity

Missionaries focused first on converting the daimyo and samurai

By end of 1500’s, shogun began to see Christianity as a threat

All missionaries were expelled and the practice of the religion was banned in 1614

Active persecution began and Christianity was reduced to an underground faith

Isolation

Isolation of Japan from Christianity turned into isolation of Japan from most outside influence

Dutch and Chinese could only trade through the port of Nagasaki

Only ended in 1863 w/Meiji Restoration