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The Asian sea trading network consisted of three zones: the Arab zone selling glass, carpet, and tapestry; India selling cotton textiles; and __________ exporting paper, porcelain, and silk.
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Although the Chinese had ships that were larger and in some respects better built, none of the Asian peoples possessed ocean-going vessels that were as swift and maneuverable as the Portuguese __________.
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In 1510 the Portuguese captured __________ on the western India coast.
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The Portuguese fortress and port on the Malayan peninsula at __________ served as a transhipment point for spices.
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The port of __________ at the southern end of the Persian Gulf granted the Portuguese an entry point into the Arab zone of the Asian sea trading network.
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The Dutch captured the Portuguese fortress at Malacca and built a new one of their own in 1620 at __________ on the island of Java.
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The Treaty of __________ in 1757 reduced the remaining Javanese princes to vassals of the Dutch East India Company.
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The conquest of the northern Philippine island of __________ was facilitated by the fact that the animistic peoples inhabiting them lived in small states the Spanish could subjugate one by one.
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The repeated failure of Spanish expeditions to conquer the southern Philippine island of __________ was due to the fact that it was ruled by a single kingdom whose Muslim rulers were determined to resist Christian dominance.
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In India from the 1540s onward, __________ and his coworkers brought initial Christian conversions in the tens of thousands.
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In the early 1600s an Italian Jesuit, __________, attempted to Christianize Hindus by first converting elite groups.
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Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming dynasty, declared himself the __________ emperor in 1368.
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Europeans were only permitted to trade in two placeshorizontal__________ and Canton.
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Ming __________ such as The Water Margin, Monkey, and The Golden Lotus were recognized as classics and continue to set the standard for Chinese prose literature.
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The third Ming emperor, __________ launched a series of expeditions that had no precedent in Chinese commercial history.
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Between 1405 and 1423 a Chinese court eunuch named __________ led seven major expeditions overseas.
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Brilliant Jesuit scholars, such as __________ and Adam Schall, spent most of their time in the Chinese Imperial City correcting calendars, forging cannon, fixing clocks, and demonstrating the accuracy of their instruments.
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The last Ming emperor, __________, hanged himself rather than face the ignominy of capture.
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The Jurchens, or __________, from the region to the northeast of the Chinese empire, not the Mongols, seized power following the fall of the Ming dynasty.
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The Manchu leader __________ established a new dynasty in China to replace the Ming.
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The __________ dynasty proved to be the last of a succession of Chinese imperial houses.
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__________, the first of a series of remarkable Japanese military leaders, vaulted into prominence in the sixteenth century in the struggles for power among the daimyo lords.
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Following the death of Nobunaga, his ablest general, __________, moved quickly to punish the traitors and to renew the drive to break the power of the daimyos.
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In 1603 __________ was granted the title of shogun by the emperor, an act that inaugurated two centuries of his family's rule.
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By the 1640s only a limited number of Dutch and Chinese ships were allowed to call in Japan at the small island of __________ in Nagasaki Bay.
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The school of "__________" laid great emphasis on Japan's unique historical experience and the revival of indigenous culture at the expense of Chinese imports like Confucianism.
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