World history/WHME101/Absolutism/Absolutism in Asia

Reading

Read the below article from the Saylor Foundation. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• What similarities were there between the Tokugawa Shogunate and the European absolutist monarchies?

• What differences were there between these systems of rule?

• What was the position of women in the Tokugawa Shogunate?

The Saylor Foundation, 'The Tokugawa Shogunate', February 2013.

What similarities are there between European absolutist monarchies and the Tokugawa Shogunate? Post your answer on WEnotes below:

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