Portuguese traders Japanese people slave trade

Japanese people were sold overseas

During the 16th and 17th centuries, Portuguese traders bought Japanese people as slaves in Japan and sold them abroad, including in Portugal. Records also describe Japanese women being sold for sexual exploitation.

Qing rulers kept Beijing as their capital

After taking Beijing in 1644, the Qing kept it as their capital and retained most officials from the defeated Ming dynasty. Keeping the existing government center and bureaucracy helped stabilize Qing rule and speed the conquest of the rest of China.

Chinese accounts link Pyu cotton clothing to Buddhist nonviolence

The Pyu people, whose culture dominated Upper Burma from the early centuries CE through the 9th century, were said in Chinese accounts to wear cotton rather than silk. Those accounts linked the choice to Buddhist non-violence, because silk production involved killing silkworms.

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Portuguese traders Japanese people slave trade

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