east asia and the world: contact and cross-cultural influences, 1200-1800
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East Asia and the World: Contact and Cross-Cultural Influences, 1200-1800. East Asia and Long-Distance Trading Systems. The Silk Road. The Pacific Trade. The Indian Ocean Trade. The Indian Ocean Region, 1300s-1800. . Third largest ocean . Bordered by diverse environments - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
East Asia andthe World:Contact and Cross-CulturalInfluences, 1200-1800
East Asia and Long-Distance Trading Systems
The Silk Road
The Indian Ocean Trade
The Pacific Trade
The Indian Ocean Region, 1300s-1800
. Third largest ocean
. Bordered by diverse environments
. No single dominant political power
. World’s richest commercial zone
Goods of the Indian Ocean Trade
Clockwise from top left:Chinese porcelain bowl(Ming Dynasty); Arab Traders and African Slaves at a Yemeni market(14th c.); Chinese silk;Nutmeg and mace
Ships of the Indian Ocean Trade
Clockwise fromtop left: DutchGalleons (17th c.);Replica of theCaravel SantaMaria (15th c.);Arab Dhow;Replica of a Chinese merchantJunk (17th c.)
‘Treasure ship’ of Zheng He’s ‘ fleet drawn to scale with the Santa Maria
Early Chinese Gunpowder Technologies
“Fire Arrows,” 13th century Cannon, late 14th century
The Mongols Spread the Power of Gunpowder
Clockwise from top left:Genghis Khan (Temujin) (1167?-1227); MongolArmy lays siege to CentralAsian city (from a 14th-c.Persian manuscript);the extent of the Mongol empire by the death of Genghis,1227
“I am saddened to hear…of your illness. I had looked forward to your visit to our province as I had heard about your person and about the fact that through your suggestion the governor-general [of Goa] had sent me some guns. It was unfortunate that they were lost…during the voyagefrom Malacca, but I owe you an expression of gratefulness just as if they had arrived. I have not had the fortune of obtaining these guns, and I have not abandoned the hope to procure some. My faith in God and the protection I have extended to Christians and Portuguese in my province should sufficiently indicate that I am the servant and friendof the king of Portugal…Therefore I hope that you will write a letter to the governor and inform him that I am entitled to be given guns as presents…If I succeed in defending my province and enabling it to prosper, the church, missionaries, Christians, as well as all the Portuguese who come will prosper”
Letter from the Japanese Lord of Bungo to the PortugueseDom Belchior Carneiro and the Jesuits in Macao (1568)
Illustration for the entry“Maize” from a late 16th-century English botanical manual
South American potatotypes (contemporaryillustration)
American CropsCome to East Asia
The Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) (left) with one of his Chinese disciples
St. Philip of Jesus(Mexican painting,late 1700s)
Christianityin East Asia
Isolation orEngagement, or Both?
Nagasaki harbor, Japan, 17th centuryNote the Europeanships in the centerand left, with Japanese shipsat the bottom.The Dutch trading post at Deshima Islandis located on thefar left.