Transcript The Qing (Manchu) Dynasty (1644

The Mongol Dynasty
1279-1368
Marco Polo
(1254-1324)
Italian explorer who worked for Kublai Khan
Genghis Khan (1162-1227)
First to invade China
Kublai Khan
(1215-1294)
Unified China under
his rule
• The Mongols ruled an empire that stretched
from Europe to Korea
• They attacked Japan twice (1274 and 1281), but
weather destroyed their ships
– They must have been better fighters than sailors!
• The Mongols didn’t trust the Chinese
• They only trusted foreigners in government.
• Marco Polo (Italian) worked in their government
for 16 years
• In 1368 struggles in their empire forced them to
leave China
Marco Polo’s Routes to China
The Ming Dynasty
(1368-1644)
• Chinese peasant
leader, Ming Hung
Wu, captured Beijing
from the Mongols
• At first the Ming
emperors wanted to
build China through
trade with the outside
world.
• They built large ships
that traveled as far as
Africa.
• But, they stopped in
1433.
The Ming Period of Isolation
(1433-1644)
• During this time period the
Ming rulers finished the
Great Wall
• They cut themselves off
from the rest of the world
• Bad idea!!
• During this time the
Europeans made
improvements that the
Chinese knew nothing
about!
The Qing (Manchu) Dynasty
(1644-1911)
The LAST dynasty!
The Manchus were invaders
• From where?
• Manchuria
• They did not trust
the Han Chinese
• They outlawed
marriage between
Manchus and Han
Chinese
• Everyone had to have
a Manchu haircut to
show loyalty to the
government
• The government was
located in the
Forbidden City in
Beijing
• Entering the
Forbidden City was…
you know…
FORBIDDEN,
except for the emperor’s
family and their
advisors
Forbidden
City
The Last Emperor
• Puyi (3 years old)
• He left the throne in
1911