Eastern Hemisphere Safavids Ottomans Japan China Ming Dynasty

Eastern Hemisphere Safavids Ottomans Japan China (Ming Dynasty) Songhai Mughals

� European Kingdoms � Africa (Songhai state) � Gunpowder States (Ottomans, Safavids, Mughals) � Asia (China & Japan) � Trade Networks / Product Origins

�Songhai �Controlled the Gold- Salt trade �Islamic religion �Timbuktu: Islamic Cultural Center and city

1 st- European nations established trading port throughout Africa’s coast 2 nd - Slaves, Gold and Ivory were exported out using the Triangle Trade system 3 rd - Africa imported manufactured goods from Europe, Asia and the Americas 4 th Africa also imported new food products such as corn and peanuts

�Ottomans (Today’s Turks) �Conquer Byzantines in 1453 (Constantinople becomes Istanbul) �Empire on 3 continents (Asia, Europe and Africa) united by Islam �Take Balkans up to Vienna �Sunni Muslims �Trade in coffee and ceramics

• Decline of the Ottoman Empire � 1798 -1920 • Nation state of Turkey emerges

�Location=Southwest Asia (Iran today) �Religion=Islam (Shi’ite/Shi’a) �Silk Trade

�Location= North and Central Indian subcontinent �Religion=Islam, but the people are mostly Hindu • Establish trade with Europeans along SW coast (Portuguese, English, Dutch)

� Emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in 1629 �http: //www. history. com/topics/taj-mahal/videos

�Overthrow Mongols �Explorations of Admiral Zheng He �Beijing and Forbidden City �Establish European trade enclaves to limit outside influences

�Ming Empire in 1580 CE

�Tokugawa Shogunate unifies feudal Japan (Muskets) �Social Pyramid : Emperor, Shogun, Daimyo, Samurai, Peasants (strict) �Isolationist (Act of Seclusion)

Shogun Daimyo Samurai Peasants

1 st Japan had powerless emperors ruled by military leaders, called shoguns 2 nd Adopted a policy of isolation to limit foreign influences 3 rd Merchants were not valued within Japanese society

� Asia: Paper, Compass, Silk, Porcelain � India: Textiles, # System, Spices, Gems � Middle East: Astronomy, Medicines, Mathematics (al jabr) � Africa: Ivory and Gold