A Bit on the Yuan Dynasty, But More on the Ming and Qing Dynasties World Civilizations.
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A Bit on the Yuan Dynasty, But More on the Ming and Qing
DynastiesWorld Civilizations
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The Yuan Dynasty
• Mongol dynasty (first foreign rule) – Led by Kublai Khan
• Grew dynasty outside of China (Korea & parts of SE Asia)
• Highest positions in gov’t given to Mongols
• Marco Polo traveled China for 17 years = European interest in China
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The Yuan Dynasty Cont’d
• Time of stability
• Extensive trade w/ Europe– Glass, hides,
clothes, silver, cotton, & carpets
• Ended w/ death of Khan
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The Ming Dynasty(1368-1644)
• Zhu Yuanzhang, a former Buddhist monk, led the overthrow of the Yuan dynasty.
• New law codes were harsher (public whippings).
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The Ming Dynasty, cont.
• The old civil service examination system was restored, with even stricter tests.
• Free land in the north was offered to farmers who would move there and protect the north from invasion.
• With strong rulers and a prosperous economy, this was a relatively peaceful time for China.
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The Ming Dynasty, cont.
• Zhang He led explorations to Southeast Asia, India, Arabia, and eastern Africa.
• Later explorations were halted by the government, who saw no benefit to trade.
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The Ming Dynasty, cont.
• Ming rulers built the lavish Forbidden City in Beijing as the emperor’s residence.
• The Ming dynasty was weakened by corruption and overspending, leading to conquest by the Manchus.
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Forbidden City• “Forbidden”-no one could
enter w/out emperor’s permission
• Built from 1406 to 1420, the complex consists of 980 surviving buildings with 8,707 bays of rooms and covers 720,000 square meters.
• http://www.chinavista.com/beijing/gugong/map.html
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The Qing (Manchu) Dynasty(1644-1911)
• The Manchus attempted to adopt Chinese customs, but did impose some of their own on China.
• Chinese men worked in the government, but the highest positions belonged to Manchus.
• The military was mostly made up of Manchus.
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The Qing Dynasty, cont.
• Early Qing emperors reduced taxes, began public works projects and extended China’s territory.
• The economy remained mostly agricultural (3/4 of people lived in rural areas).
• Silk production and domestic trade were also significant.
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The Qing Dynasty, cont.
• European contacts were reluctantly developed.
• Portuguese sailors were originally denied trading rights.
• The Portuguese built a trading base at Macao in the 1600s.
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The Qing Dynasty, cont.
• Christian missionaries followed, and impressed the Chinese with their scientific knowledge.
• They were forced to leave in the 1700s without making China a Christian nation.
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The Qing Dynasty, cont.
• The Qing began a slow decline in the 1700s due to misuse of taxes and peasant rebellions.
• The Opium War & Treaty of Nanjing demonstrate weakening of the dynasty
• In the Taiping Rebellion of 1850, Chinese Christians tried to replace the Qing with a “Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace.”
• It was unsuccessful, but the Qing was now vulnerable to European imperialism.