The Ming and Qing Dynasties
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E. Napp The Ming and Qing Dynasties In this lesson, students will be able to define the following terms: Ming Dynasty Forbidden City Zheng Ho Manchus Qing Dynasty
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The Ming and Qing Dynasties. In this lesson, students will be able to define the following terms: Ming Dynasty Forbidden City Zheng Ho Manchus Qing Dynasty. During the Ming Dynasty, China enjoyed nearly three hundred years of stability and prosperity. . Ming China. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Ming and Qing Dynasties In this lesson, students will be able to define the following terms:
Ming DynastyForbidden City
Zheng HoManchus
Qing Dynasty
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During the Ming Dynasty, China enjoyed
nearly three hundred years of stabilityand prosperity.
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Ming China
• The Mings ruled China from 1368-1644.
• The Mings restored Chinese rule to the Chinese. The Mings replaced the Mongol rulers.
• Chinese art and literature flourished.
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Ming rulers constructed a magnificentImperial Palace in Beijing.
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The Forbidden City
• Ming rulers constructed a magnificent Imperial Palace in Beijing.
• This Imperial Palace was called the Forbidden City.
• It was the home of all later Chinese emperors.
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During the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Ho traveled to India and even Arabia.
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Zheng Ho
• Early Ming rulers sponsored great naval expeditions.
• Zheng Ho was an admiral of the Chinese navy.
• He even traveled to India and Arabia.
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Compare Zheng Ho’s ship to Columbus’ship.
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Chinese Ethnocentrism
• However, the Chinese looked down upon Europeans as barbarians, lacking the civilized ways of the “Middle Kingdom”.
• This ethnocentric attitude eventually led to a policy of isolationism.
• Due to ethnocentrism, Chinese emperors eventually halted naval expeditions.
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Eventually, the Manchus invaded Chinaand overthrew the Ming dynasty.
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The Decline of the Mings
• Population pressure led to peasant uprisings.
• Many Chinese felt the Mings had lost the Mandate of Heaven.
• In 1644, the Manchus invaded and conquered China.
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The Manchu dynasty was known as theQing dynasty. It lasted from 1644-1911.
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Initially, the Manchus brought peace toChina. They built new roads and clearedadditional land for farming but European
technology began to surpass China.
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Questions for Reflection:
• What were some of the accomplishments of the Ming rulers?
• Why did Ming rulers build the Forbidden City?
• Who was Zheng Ho and why were his voyages eventually stopped?
• Who were the Manchus and what did they do?
