WOH 2022 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tokugawa Shogunate, Janissaries
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Ming 1368 to 1644: began with overthrow of mongols. Growth of food supply and population (new crops from western hemisphere) Cohesive, narrow education for a few (very few men obtained an education but it was a good education) Palace eunuchs, like janissaries (protect the government, courts) (they were slaves but they had great respect and function for society) Fleets sailed to africa, east indies but no colonies. Set up dynasty (qing) after death of last ming ruler. Preferred beauty to technology (wanted to make things more beautiful rather than efficient) *in general, by 1911, most people in china were not doing well; extreme poverty. Feudal society based on powers of local daimyo. Portuguese arrived in 1543 (portuguese and dutch were focused on trade, not conquest) Christianity expands in japan in a way never seen in asia before. Began period of isolationism, lasting to mid 19th century. Banking, distribution networks established at end of period.
