Ottomans, Mughals, Safavids

The book puts these empires together mainly because of their similar religion. By doing so, the book suggests that it maybe more relevant to group societies by their religions and thus belief structures later in the future as well, more so than their geographic location. Also, by grouping all of the empires in one chapter, the book implies that they are not important enough to have a chapter of their own.

Fabian Fucan

The religious attack is one by supporting Confucianism and Buddhism. The cultural aspect shows that he thinks that Christians are inferior when he refers to them as barbarians. When he explains that the Christians took over the Philippines and Mexico, it was a historical aspect to his attack. His political aspect is that he believes that they Weill try to take over every country. He also sees the Christians as people who will risk their lives for their religion.

#QianLongStyle

The point of view in this document is one of arrogance. As the king has been isolated in the forbidden city for his entire lifetime, he believes that he is superior to everyone else. Also, being the emperor of China, he is therefore the "son of heaven", and thereby superior to others. Finally, Chinese history is one of dominance, and therefore be has no reason to be polite, and he can be arrogant if he wants to.

History's Predictive Value

Based on our group's predictions for China's Ming and Qing dynasties, history can be a relatively accurate way to predict the future of a region. Matt's prediction about population was right on the mark, and my prediction of the gender structure and religion of China was correct. When given the background information of knowing the continued patterns of the region, the future can be accurately predicted. Even when given a sudden change, like China's isolation movement, predictions like Amit's on economics were still correct.

Religious and Gender-based change in China

Religious:
As Confucianism or some variant has been present throughout much of China's history, I expect it to continue through the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Gender-based:
Patriarchy has been present throughout China's history as well, so I expect it to continue.

Both of these predictions were correct, with gender structure becoming even more extreme, and neo-Confucianism was continued.

Jeopardy Game

https://jeopardylabs.com/play/apwh-chapters-21-26 (Work in Progress)

Slavery Charts

Chart 1 is one showing the overall population growth of Africa from 1500 to 1800. Chart 2 shows the increasing amounts of slave export from Africa from the 16th to the 18th century. This shows the increasing dependence on African slave labor for the rest of the world. Chart 3 shows the location of slave exports, with most going into the area where sugar is grown. Charts 2 and 3 support information already provided by the book, where the Western world became almost addicted to using slaves for sugar plantations. However, Chart 1 was contradictory to my previous assumptions, as I thought that because of the lack of able men in African society, the overall population was not increasing much. The chart, however, shows consistent growth regardless of increased slave exports.