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The Worlds of the 15th Century

AP World History NotesChapter 13

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Paleolithic Persistence

Paleolithic (old stone-age) peoples still existed in the 15th century

Hunting and gathering societies

Where? Australia, much of Siberia, the arctic coastlands, and parts of Africa and the Americas

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Agricultural Village Societies

Small village-based communities organized by kinship relations

Agricultural

No incorporation into larger empires or civilizations

Where? much of North America, parts of the Amazon River basin, Southeast Asia, and Africa south of the equator

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Agricultural Village Societies

No oppressive political authority

No class inequalities

No seclusion of women

The Igbo peoples of West Africa

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Herding Peoples Nomadic pastoral peoples

Had more direct and dramatic contact with larger civilizations than agricultural village societies or hunter-gatherers

Where? Central Asia/the steppe, parts of Africa

Arguably the most significant = the Mongols

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Timur Turkic warrior who tried to

restore the Mongol Empire in the late 14th & early 15th centuries

Devastation once again to Russia, Persia, and India

Died (in 1405) while preparing an invasion of China

Empire didn’t last conflict among his successors

Last great military success of Central Asian nomads

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Ming China (1368-1644)

Rebuilt strong central government

Reinstated civil service examinations and made them even harder

Increase in food and trade production

Increase in population

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Ming China Capital = Beijing

Emperor Yongle built the Forbidden City = magnificent imperial residence

Also built the Temple of Heaven = where rulers performed Confucian-based rituals to ensure the well-being of Chinese society

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Ming China

Focus = repairing the damage caused by Mongol rule

Restored millions of acres of cultivation

Rebuilt: canals, reservoirs, and irrigation systems

Planted millions of trees to reforest China

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Chinese Exploration China undertook large and

impressive maritime expeditions

Largest = launched in 1405 and led by Zheng He

300 ships; 27,000 crew members; variety of different people on board

He made 7 voyages between 1405 and 1433

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Voyages of Zheng He

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Chinese Exploration Goals of Chinese exploration:

Enroll distant peoples and states in the Chinese tribute system

Bring back exotic goods from foreign lands (ex: zebras, giraffes, etc.)

Establish Chinese power and prestige in the Indian Ocean

Exert Chinese control over foreign trade

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Chinese Exploration

Abrupt and deliberate end to Chinese exploration in 1433

WHY?

Death of Emperor Yongle = chief supporter

Many officials saw expeditions as a waste of money and resources

Believed focus should be on real threat = nomads to the north


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MODULE 1 The Worlds of the Fifteenth Century

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