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Flashcards by jessixelizabeth, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by jessixelizabeth
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| Question | Answer |
| Matteo Ricci | Italian Jesuit missionary who went to China in 1583. Attempted to convert the Chinese to Christianity. "Doctor from the Great West Ocean" |
| Qing Dynasty | The Manchus (1644-1911) Captured Korea and Mongolia first, then China. Forbade intermarriage w/Chinese |
| Ming Dynasty | (1368-1644) Drove the Mongols out of China. Rebuilt and Repaired Great Wall. Restored Chinese Cultural Traditions. |
| Kangxi | (1661-1722) Confucian Scholar, enlightened Ruler. Conquered Taiwan, extended to Mongolia, central Asia, and Tibet. |
| Qianlong | (1736-1795) A sophisticated and learned ruler, poet, and artist. Vietnam, Burma, and Nepal made vassal states of China. |
| "Son of Heaven" | Was what the Emperor was considered. Privileged life, awesome authority. Heavenly powers and obligation to maintain order on Earth. |
| Scholar-Bureaucrats | Civil servants, schooled in Confucian texts, calligraphy. Had to pass rigorous examinations with strict quotas. |
| Civil Service Examination System | Intensely competitive, few chosen for government positions. Wealthy families had advantages. |
| Tokagowa Shogunate | Tokagowa leyasu brought stability to Japan after 1600. Established military government known as bakufu. |
| Daimyo | Powerful local lords, first controlled by Tokugawa Leyasu. |
| Floating Worlds | Centers of urban culture, teahouses, brothels, public baths. Ihara Saikaku, poet and novelist. Kabuki theaters and bunraku (puppet) very popular. |
| Dutch Learning | Dutch merchants permitted to trade at Nagasaki, Japanese scholars were permitted to learn Dutch and after 1720, read Dutch books. European art, medicine and science began to influence Japanese scholars. |
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