Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVOLUME VI
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part One Global matrices
- Part Two Macro-regions
- Part Three Large-scale political formations
- 11 The Iberian empires, 1400 to 1800
- 12 Imperial competition in Eurasia: Russia and China
- 13 The Islamic empires of the early modern world
- Part Four Crossroads regions
- Part Five Overview
- Index
- References
12 - Imperial competition in Eurasia: Russia and China
from Part Three - Large-scale political formations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVOLUME VI
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part One Global matrices
- Part Two Macro-regions
- Part Three Large-scale political formations
- 11 The Iberian empires, 1400 to 1800
- 12 Imperial competition in Eurasia: Russia and China
- 13 The Islamic empires of the early modern world
- Part Four Crossroads regions
- Part Five Overview
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter examines the competition between the imperial Chinese and imperial Russian empires in a world-historical context, and traces how the rules of that game were gradually established over the course of the early modern period. It also explores how each of these empires positioned itself vis-a-vis the rest of the early modern world more generally from about 1600 until the late eighteenth century. The chapter discusses the growth of Qing power which included Taiwan and other territories, and the Russian empire, which was based in Muscovy. Knowledge of new territories and the management of peoples of a variety of ethnicities were central to the growth and maintenance of both the Qing and Russian Empires during this period of intense mutual imperial expansion. One of ways in which the Russian and Qing Empires both competed to build legitimacy and create lasting legacies was through the patronage of arts and the creation of a distinctive literature.
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