Transcript The Ming and Qing Dynasties - White Plains Public Schools

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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During the Ming Dynasty, China enjoyed
nearly three hundred years of stability
and 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 magnificent
Imperial 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 China
and 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 the
Qing dynasty. It lasted from 1644-1911.
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Initially, the Manchus brought peace to
China. They built new roads and cleared
additional 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?
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