178 i PERIOD 4 Global Interactions (c. 1450–c. 1750)
Change/Continuity Chart
REGION
POLITICAL
ECONOMIC
SOCIAL
CHANGES
CONTINUITIES
East Asia
Ming/Qing dynastiesTo k u g a w a S h o g u n a t e
Japanese trade with the DutchChinese trade through Macao
Patriarchal societyPopulation increase
Columbian Exchange (China)ChristianityChinese withdrawal from world trade
Ming dynastyConfucianismNeo-Confucianism
Southeast Asia
Regional kingdoms
Indian Ocean tradeEuropean plantations
SlaveryIslam
Increased European tradeColumbian Exchange
Muslim tradeIslamHinduism
Oceania
Regional kingdoms
AgricultureFishing
Exposure to epidemic disease
Some European explorations
Relative isolation
Central Asia
Steppe diplomacyRussian Empire
Pastoral nomadismWe sterni z at ion of Ru ssia
SerfdomTr iba l u n it s
Russian expansion
Mongol threats to China
South Asia
Mughal dynastyEntry of the British
European trading empires
MiniaturesTemporary improvement in women’s statusTaj Mahal
Columbian ExchangeReturn to local governments
Indian Ocean tradeIslamHinduism
Southwest Asia (Middle East)
Ottoman Empire
Decline of trade with the We st
Slaves from North AfricaHarem
Columbian ExchangeOttoman decline
SlaveryIslam
North Africa
Regional kingdoms
Gold–salt trade
SlaveryIslam
Columbian Exchange
Trans-Saharan slave tradeIslam
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