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CHAP TER OUTLINE
● Japanese Reunification
● The Later Ming and Early Qing Empires
● The Russian Empire
● Conclusion
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ENVIRONMENT + TECHNOLOGY East Asian Porcelain
DIVERSITY + DOMINANCE Gendered Violence: The Yangzhou Massacre
Russian Ambassadors to Holland Display Their Furs, 1576 Representatives from Muscovy impressed the court of King Maximilian II of Bohemia with their sable coats and caps.
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Northern Eurasia, 1500–1800
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n the seventeenth century, the Ming dynasty in China
■ How did Japan respond to domestic social changes and the challenges posed by contact was threatened by Manchu armies from Manchuria with foreign cultures? in the northeast. To pay the army defending Beijing
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How did China deal with military and political
(bay-JING), the emperor slashed the government paychallenges both inside and outside its borders? roll. Among those thrown out of his job as an appren■ To what extent was Russia’s expanding empire tice ironworker was one Li Zicheng (lee ZUH-cheng). influenced by relations with western Europe in
By 1630 Li Zicheng had found work as a soldier, but he this period? and his fellow soldiers mutinied when the government failed to provide needed supplies. A natural leader, Li soon headed several thousand Chinese rebels. In 1635 he and other rebel leaders gained control over much of
Manchu Federation of
Northeast Asian peoples
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