In what way were tokugawa japan and ming china similar?

Well the Ming period was 1368 to 1644 and the Tokugawa's was from 1603 to 1867.  the Ming economy was focused on agriculture while the Tokugawa was focused on internal trade as well as agriculture. 

Upon the fall of rome, europe ceased being influenced by the cultures of the mediterranean coast and was more influenced by germanic tribal confederations that had already taken over vast swathes of roman territory, although the influence of rome on the former empire was very strong in legal