Transcript Asia and Pacific 1300-1400

Asia/Pacific 1300-1400
Mongols in China and Persia
• Ruled by Kublai Khan Yuan
Dynasty 1271-1368 (Also
Korea, Tibet and Vietnam)
• Time of Relative Peace, but
an uneasy mix of foreign and
Chinese leadership
• Death of Kublai leads to fall
decline of Mongolian
influence in Persia and
China
• One Main failure was the
attempt to force people to
use paper money in Persia
• In China Bubonic plague,
banditry and rebellion
caused a decline
Mongolian Expansion
• 1306 Invade
Damascus, Syria
Ming Dynasty
• Han (main group in
China) Rebellion
against Mongols
leads to Ming Empire.
• Under Emperor
HongWu, first Ming
emperor, became
militarized and
focused on agriculture
Pacific Islands
• Australian Aboriginals
maintained nomadic society.
Diversity allowed for trade
• Tahiti and Hawaii begin too
link in trade
• Hawaii develops fish ponds
that allowed fry to escape to
the ocean but adults trapped in
stone structure.
• Population density resulted in
fighting amongst groups.
• Tonga had ruled over Samoa
since circa. 900 AD and Tonga
was driven out circa 1250
• Easter Island over
population destroys
society. Some resorted to
Canabilism.
• Larger States begin to
develop social hierarchy
(Tonga, Tahiti, Hawaii)
• In Hawaii the leadership
(ali`i nui) created a
system of Kapu (taboo)
that made some things
illegal for commoners to
eat, wear and other
behaviors
Summary Question
1) This Empire ruled after the Mongols.
2) Who was the last great Khan of the
Mongolian Empire.
3) Who was the founder of the Ming
Dynasty?
4) Who drove out the Tongans in 1250?
5) What people developed the fish pond?