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Prince Henry started a navigation school in Portugal
sextant sophisticated version of astrolabe
astrolabe used by sailors to determine their location by observing stars
Vasco da Gama sails from Portugal to India by going south around Africa 1497/1498
Treaty of Tordesillas divided newly-discovered land between Spain and Portugal
Dutch East India Company created by the Netherlands to organize imports and exports
East India Company created by the English to organize imports and export
Bartolomeu Dias sails from Portugal to southern tip of Africa 1487/1488
Ming Dynasty rules China from 1368 to 1644
Qing Dynasty rules China from 1644 to 1912
isolationism policy of both Ming and Qing dynasty in China
limiting contact with other nations isolationism
Manchus people from Manchuria who start Qing dynasty in China
daimyo warrior chieftains in late version of Japanese feudalism
Tokugawa Shogunate rules Japan from 1600 to 1867
shogun Japanese military dictator, often hereditary
haiku one of several forms of Japanese poetry
1543 first Portuguese sailor arrives in Japan
cannons / muskets Japanese got this technology from the Portuguese
Christianity shogun uses torture and execution to keep this out of Japan
triangular sails allow ships to sail effectively against the wind
triangular trade import and export between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
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