10.1.2 World in 1750

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Tokagawa Shogunate

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A military government that ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868, and was a stable, centralized government that unified Japan in 1750.

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Feudalism

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A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land.

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Shogun

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In feudal Japan, a noble similar to a duke. They were the military commanders and the actual rulers of Japan for many centuries while the Emperor was a powerless spiritual figure.

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Daimyo

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Japanese feudal lords who controlled large estates and provinces during Japan's feudal era.

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Samurai

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Class of warriors in feudal Japan who pledged loyalty to a noble in return for land.

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Merchant

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A person who bought and sold goods for profit. The merchant class was a social and economic group of people who engaged in trade and commerce.

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Isolationism

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Avoiding involvement in world affairs.

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Edict of 1635

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Japanese decree intended to eliminate foreign influence, enforced by strict government rules and regulations to impose these ideas.

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Hostage System

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Required that either the daimyo or his family (including the very important heir) always be physically subject to the whim of the overlord.

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Qing Dynasty

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A strong centralized government led by an absolute monarch; restricted access of foreign traders to Chinese markets, particularly by limiting them to specified ports; was the last of the imperial dynasties of China, spanning from 1644 to 1911/12.