UGC 112 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Borommakot, Torghut, Aurangzeb

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Undergraduate College
• Course: UGC 112
• Professor: Claude Welsh

Document Summary

// asian imperialism in arrest or decline: china, persia, and the ottomans: empires grew not only/mainly by conquest, but by colonization. China: qing -> (cid:396)uled the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld"s fastest g(cid:396)o(cid:449)i(cid:374)g e(cid:373)pi(cid:396)e i(cid:374) the (cid:1005)(cid:1012)th century. Chinese -> colonized lands in manchuria & taiwan. Offered loans for seeds, livestock, & housing. Temporary exemption from taxes: qianlong emperor -> welcomed back the khan uphasha of the torgut people. Abandoned russian overlordship in the volga valley: chinese overspilled borders of china by sea. Migrants flowed in -> despite efforts of the chinese government to stop them. Zhen yilao -> (cid:862)i(cid:374)t(cid:396)odu(cid:272)e(cid:396)(cid:863) of (cid:374)e(cid:449) chi(cid:374)ese (cid:272)olo(cid:374)ists fo(cid:396) the dut(cid:272)h: chinese traders benefited increasingly -> rarely made bids for power. Some took power for the sake of trade. New king borommakot -> suspended pro-chinese policy in 1733 1734. Overseas adventures -> remained private initiatives: tax revenue -> result of rising population, production, & trade, chinese expansion slackened/stagnated -> territorial expansion stopped.