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Exploration and Exploitation : Africa and Asia (Ch. 2, Sections 2-4)

Exploration and Exploitation : Africa and Asia (Ch. 2, Sections 2-4). Dr. Matthew’s World History. Portugal Gains Foothold Mombasa & Malindi The African Slave Trade Explodes Plantations in the Americas and elsewhere Some African Leaders Resisted Slavery Affonso I

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Exploration and Exploitation : Africa and Asia (Ch. 2, Sections 2-4)

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  1. Exploration and Exploitation: Africa and Asia (Ch. 2, Sections 2-4) Dr. Matthew’s World History

  2. Portugal Gains Foothold • Mombasa & Malindi • The African Slave Trade Explodes • Plantations in the Americas and elsewhere • Some African Leaders Resisted Slavery • Affonso I • The Almany of Futa Toro Turbulent Centuries in Africa

  3. New African States Arise • The Asante Kingdom • OseiTutu • Claimed Divine right to rule…and it worked! • The Oyo Empire • The European Presence Expands • The Dutch • Cape Town • Boers – Dutch Farmers Turbulent Centuries in Africa

  4. Portugal Builds an Eastern Empire • Afonso de Albuquerque • The Mughal Empire (in India) • A Rim of Trading Outposts • Goa (island off the coast of India) • Malacca (East Indies port) • Rise of the Dutch • Sea Power • The Dutch East India Company (1602) European Footholds in South and Southeast Asia

  5. Spain Seizes the Philippines • Magellan claimed for Spain in 1521 • Mughal India and European Traders • Valuable Trade • Shattering of an Empire • Sepoys (“private” armies of Indian troops) European Footholds in South and Southeast Asia

  6. Nelson Mandela1918-2013

  7. South Africa • Racial Segregation and Persecution dating from the Dutch colonial period • Apartheid 1948-1994 – “Institutional Racism” • Imprisoned from 1963 to 1990 • 1993: Mandela and South African President F.W. de Klerk jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize • 1994: Mandela votes for the first time in his life • May 10, 1994: Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratically elected President • 1999: As promised, Mandela steps down from the presidency after only one term

  8. European Contact with Ming China • The Portuguese - 1514 • The Ming Trade Limit • Macao – a Portuguese trading post • Strict regulations • Missionary Efforts • Matteo Ricci – a brilliant Jesuit priest Encounters in East Asia

  9. The Manchu Conquest • The aging Ming Dynasty gives way to the Manchus from the north – early 1600’s • The Qing Dynasty • Adopted the Confucian system of government • Growth & Prosperity • Breakdown with Europeans • Lord Macartney (1793)

  10. Korea: The “Hermit Kingdom” (1590’s: Japanese invasion; 1636: the Manchus conquer Korea) • Foreign Traders in Japan • Initially welcomed Westerners • Jesuit Missionaries • Transition toward Isolationism • Allowed only one or two Dutch ships per year Encounters in East Asia

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