Salient Features of India constitution especially power and functions
East asia and muslim empires test review
1. East Asia and Muslim Empires Period 4 1450-1750 Test review Stearns, Chapters 28 and 26
2. Recovery in China Ming China Political Development Mongols collapsed in 1368. Hongwu established the Ming Dynasty. Erase memory of Mongol occupation. Confucian education and civil service reinstated. Private merchants traded and manufactured porcelain, silk, and paper. Ming “Brilliant” Dynasty lasted until 1644. Intellectual Development Neo-Confucianism promoted Yongle Encyclopedia promoted Chinese traditions. Jesuit missionaries (Mateo Ricci) introduce European technology and beliefs. Wider production of printed materials. Novels written in Chinese. Largest cities in world Hongwu controlled nobles with fear and violence
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4. Japanese Unification Oda Nobunaga Tokugawa Ieyasu Emperor was a figurehead – no real power Shogun held real power! Major Achievements: Japanese novels, Kabuki Theater, Literature, art, Castles, block printers. Women’s rights restricted: lacked education, arranged marriages, Toyotomi Hideyoshi Highly regulated trade – Closed country edict Threatened by Christianity and Spain in Philippines Allowed the Dutch, Chinese, and Korea limited trade
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6. The Ottoman Centralized Bureaucracy SULTAN Local Administrators & Military Landowners / Tax Collectors Muslims Jews Christians Led by Sultan – Absolute power Chief minister, or adviser, to the Sultan GrandVizier Viziers Positions were based on merit, not birth. Provincial Governors (Beys) And Military elite - The Janissaries Heads of Individual Religious Millets Process of succession was not distinct – could cause conflict Who do you think had the real power?
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Notas do Editor
Nobunaga slaughtered thousands of monks and villagers at the Buddhist monastery at Mount Hiei. 1573, deposed last Ashikaga shogun. Killed in 1580 – betrayed by General and burned in Kyoto Temple.
