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Took place of Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty (1368- 1644
- "brilliant dynasty"
- established a tightly centralized state, moved capital to Beijing, restored intrest in Chinese traditions
- fell due to the inability to stop piracy and smuggling and also because of the unreliable (lazy) government
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"pure dynasty"
(1644-1911) control by the unified Manchu tribes who had helped drive away the Ming rebellions
made chinese men wear their hair in manchurian style and forbade the intermixing of manchurians with chinese and learning of chinese language |
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founder of the Ming dynasty (reigned 1638-1398)
extensively used mandarins, who oversaw implementation of government policies and placed great trust in eunuchs who couldn't make families and thus didn't threaten imperial power. |
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( reigned 1403-1424)
emperor of ming dynasty who funded many grand naval expeditions to show the grandeur of the Chinese |
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| The wall that was originally created 4th cent. BCE in Qin Dynasty and was more extensively worked on during the Ming dynasty in 15th to 16th centuries as a defense against the Mongols. |
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Manchurian emporer of China in Qing Dynasty (1661-1722)
Confucian scholar and enlightened ruler, composed poems, stressed importance of confucianism and looked after welfare of the people
expanded china into mongolia and tibet |
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emperor Kangxi's grandson (1736-1795)
finished conquering after to the borders of Qing dynasty, his reign marked the high point of the Qing Dynasty, well educated and composed poems, treasury was so full he cancelled taxes on 4 occasions and began to indulge himself rather than pay attention to imperial affairs (left to eunuchs) |
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| The belief that all emperors were descendants of god and were sent down from the heavens to maintain order on Earth |
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| they way people would greet the emperor of china (bowed three times and 9 head knockings) |
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| A form of oppression against women; helped to show the man's social status because if he had a wife with bound foot that meant that he could provide for both of them. |
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| Effects of American food crops in China |
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| Introduction of food crops in China allowed the Chinese population to increase dramatically and increased food supplies |
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| Muslim eunuch that Yongle sent on his naval voyages to show the might of China. After Yongle, China withdrew from trading as much with other countries in fear of change. |
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| Ming and Qing view of technology |
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| they feared that technology advancement would change china too much and cause instability, so they did not encourage advancements in technology as much as previous dynasties might have. |
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| Confucian social hierarchy |
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| Had to know the Analects of Confucious along with other Confucious works, had to be good at writing "eight-legged essays" and those who did good on the exams brought great honor to their family and clans (poor were funded by clan leaders if they were exceptional), harsh testing conditions, but if passed were considered second highest rank right under emperor |
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