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Explore the dynamic history of Portugal's foothold in Africa, the African slave trade, rise of new African states, European presence in Asia, Nelson Mandela's legacy, and European encounters in Ming China and East Asia.
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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 • The Almany of Futa Toro Turbulent Centuries in Africa
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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