MMW 13 Chapter Notes - Chapter PGS 646-650 & Article Notes: New World Crops, Smallpox Vaccine
25 May 2017
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Mmw 13 textbook notes the entry of europeans into the asian sphere (pgs 646: & late traditional asia & closing of the country. The entry of europeans into the asian sphere. Using force to get into the trade, especially the portuguese and dutch. New world crops in asia: sweet potatoes and maize in areas where found could not have been cultivated previously. Jesuits studying in china before trying to convert the people: spreading western ideas into the education. Christianity spreading to japan: persecution of christians as the shogun saw the religion as a way to disorder. Jesuits thought confucianism was compatible with christianity: similar morality, virtue, filial reverence, others didn"t think so and started disagreeing, so the emperor banned christian missionaries in china. Writing, architecture, calendars, watches, medicine, weapons, paintings. Voltaire praised confucianism and the advantages of the chinese political system. Chinese medicine drew european interest: variolation: early form of smallpox vaccination. The shifting international environment in the 18th century.
