1. 1 Korea and Russia By: Amanda Tuazon, Harold Ho, Nishchala Singhal, and Lauren Loanzon

2.  China influenced Korea with various governmental methods based on Confucian belief  Paid tribute to Chinese Yi dynasty in power  1644: Became a vassal state of China under Qing Dynasty  After Japan invaded Korea, yangban (nobility) laid claim in tax paying land  Government accepted Confucian idea that agriculture should be basis of state wealth and that merchants should occupy lowly positions because lack of moral character Political Korea

3.  Major power of Europe by 1750  Free from Mongols, Prince Ivan IV conquered the Golden Horde and pushed borders back  1547: used title tsar (from the Roman imperial title “caesar”)  1689: Treaty of Nerchinsk: Russia claimed west of Mongolia but withdrew settlements east  Cossacks kept their political autonomy by rebelling tsars  17 th cent: tsar tried to build political power and est. control over Siberians and the steppe  Centralized power rose, peasants freedom fell Political Russia

4.  Under Golden Horde, Moscow: most important Russian city and center of political power  Moscovy rulers and tsars rewarded nobles with land grants including obligations of peasants to work for lords  Long warfare in 16 th -17 th century caused disruption and peasants fled to Cossacks or across the Urals  Land based flourished; added rich populated lands to west, south, and east Political Russia

5.  During the Choson dynasty, social hierarchy.  Highest class was the king and royal family.  Second class made of military officials and land owners (yangban). Social/Gender Korea

6.  Third class made of workers with specialized skills (artisans, etc.). Called the jungin.  Fourth class was the commoners: largest class. Had to pay taxes, provide labor, and serve in the military.  The lowest class was made of people such as slaves, entertainers, shamans, outcasts & criminals. Social/Gender Korea

7.  In accordance with Confucian principles, women were not educated.  A woman’s duty was to manage the house: cooking, sewing, and taking care of the children.  Women were not considered equal to men. Social/Gender Korea

8.  Branch of Slavic people of Eastern Europe  Pioneers in Siberia dealt with animal pelts  Expansion led to people with different languages, religions, and ethnicities  Some people spoke Asian languages and non christians  Religious and cultural differences caused social tensions  Occupations: farmers, hunters, builders, scribes, merchants, herders, caravan workers, soldiers  Very diverse  Cossacks: warriors; very diverse; cared about good militatry skills Social/Gender Russia

9.  Cossacks: majority of soldiers and early settlers  Aristocracy: boyars  Law change in 1649 bound peasants to their land; turned peasants into serfs  Serfdom: hereditary status, brutal, and widespread  1723: all slaves transformed into serfs  1795: serfs were half the population  Tolerated diversity  Social structure compared to hierarchial slave plantations  Rulers: absolute in powers, limited by big empires and bureaucracy and corruption Social/Gender Russia

10.  Korea accepted a subordinate relationship with China and paid tribute to the Chinese dynasty in power.  By the 1400s artisans in Korea were producing high-quality pottery with glazes called porcelain which developed into an important popular trade product.  Through revived overland routes of communication from Korea to Central Asia, foreign trade was encouraged. Economic Korea

11. Economic Russia  As empire expanded it incorporated a more diverse population  Land grants +obligated peasant workers to loyal nobles  2 week change period encouraged well treatment of peasants  Rising commercialization increased value of labor obligations  16 th -early 17 th century civil & foreign warfare caused disruption, economic decline and peasants to flee

12.  No actual contact during this time period  Similarity back in the time of Mongol domination, like Russia, during the Yi regime of Korea they rejected Mongol rule for they sought to reestablish a local identity Russia and Korea

13.  http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/asia/korea/ AD1392-1910 http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/asia/korea/ AD1392-1910  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History-of-Korea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History-of-Korea  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russian_bo yar_from_XVII_century.JPG http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russian_bo yar_from_XVII_century.JPG Works Cited