Eastern Eurasia, 1500-1800 (Chapter 22)
Subject:
World History [1]
*New Patterns of contact in Eurasia*
-No single power control Central Asia after 1500 = turn toward sea trade
-Russia affected-turn toward expansion
*The Land-Based Empires of Eurasia*
-Ottoman, Russian, Mughal, Ming
-Central Asia-weak point = settling
-Reinforced agriculure & political centralization
-Forced labor & serfdom
-Land-based empres largest administrative & economic systems in the world-danger to each other
*New Global Influences: The Society of Jesus and East India Companies*
-They connected continents
-Jesuits-Francis Xavier-India, Asia, Japan, China
-Transmitted European culture to China & vice versa-Matteo Ricci
-Dutch dislodged Porugese & Spanish-influence in East Asia
*The Triumph of the Russian Empire*