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Civilizations in China. Reign of the Ming Dynasty. Yuan Dynasty . Before the Ming Dynasty 1279-1368 Leader: Kublai Khan Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew Kublai Khan Zhu became Hong Wu Renamed the dynasty: Ming (brilliant). Yuan Dynasty. Ming Dynasty. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Civilizations in China
Reign of the Ming Dynasty
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Yuan Dynasty • Before the Ming Dynasty• 1279-1368• Leader: Kublai Khan• Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew Kublai Khan• Zhu became Hong Wu• Renamed the dynasty: Ming (brilliant)
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Yuan Dynasty
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Ming Dynasty• Ruling power from 1368 when Khan was
overthrown• Time of reformation of the civil service• Before, citizens had to pass tests to obtain
government jobs (Thanks to Tang and Song dynasties)
• System became corrupt and needed change• Ming Dynasty improved the testing's and
requirements for such government jobs
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Economy• Increase in agricultural society: What
was the effect? Think about it• Created stability• More food • Population went up• Fewer people were needed to work in
the fields because of a surplus of food• Increase of trade
• More time to produce items• People became artisans and made silk
cloth, textiles, and porcelain
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Culture of China
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Great Wall of China• Built at different stages throughout
China’s history• Ming rebuilt the wall to restore China’s
culture • They also built the Forbidden City as a
remembrance of the emperor’s power
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Woodblock Printing• Remember: it was first invented in the
Han Dynasty• During the Ming Dynasty, the
woodblock printing helped increased the literacy rate
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Porcelain• Fragile ceramic • Ming Dynasty is known for creating
beautiful white and blue patterned porcelain
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Architecture• Techniques in architecture to spread
and influence societies in east and southeast Asia
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Religion• Confucianism- official
religion of China during the Ming Dynasty and focused its beliefs around honesty
• Personal and governmental morality
• Goal: to spread peace and prosperity
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Exploration• Goal for Ming: desire to spread Chinese culture
• Foreign trade was a way to spread Chinese culture
• Zheng He• 7 expeditions (1405-1433)• Sailed through the Indian Ocean and reached
eastern coast of Africa• Voyages were expensive and ended when
government decided to invest in domestic projects
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Isolationism • Ming wanted to avoid contact with
other nations (1400s) • To separate China from foreign
influence, they dismantled the Chinese fleet, banned foreign trade and refused to admit foreigners into China
• Benefit: revival of the pure practice of Chinese culture
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Qing Dynasty• Ming dynasty collapses when the Manchus conquer
them• Why?
• The government was weakened by a growing population
• Ming had many weak emperors
• Ming was the last dynasty to be ruled by ethnic Hans• Qing was ruled by Manchus (1644-1911)• Adopted many Chinese customs and traditions to
gain approval
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