Transcript Ming Dynasty

Ming Dynasty
1368-1644
Territory it Controlled

Korea to Southeast
Asia
Decline of Yuan/Rise of the
Ming
 Civil
war
 Change of life
 Repeated natural disasters
 Massive peasant rebellions
Characteristics of the Ming
Dynasty
 Last
Chinese dynasty
 Zenith 15th c.
 One of China’s most prosperous
 Strong and complex central
government
Key People
 Zhu
Yuanzhang a.k.a.- Hongwu,
meaning Vast
Military
– Founder
– Favored violence
– Created reforms
– Wanted to erase Mongol past
– Maintained a strong military
Key People cont’d
 Yanglo
– Pursued aggressive and expansionist
policies
– Continued Hongwu’s policies and moved
capital to Beijing
– Launched expeditions
Key People cont’d
 Zheng
He
– Led expeditions to SE Asia, India, and
eastern coast of Africa starting in 1405
– Distributed gifts to show Chinese
splendor
– Last voyages completed in 1433
Foreign Relations
 Isolationists/Superiority
 Chinese
economic policiesagricultural
 Only government conducted foreign
trade
 Foreign encroachment multipliedJapanese pirates, Mongols
Foreign Relations cont’d
 First
Europeans appeared in 1514
 Portuguese
 Spanish
 Christian missionaries
Society
 Neo-Confucian
bureaucrats pushed
for agrarian-centered based society
 Incredible advances in sciences and
arts
Economy
 Money
was a problem from the start
 Initially paper currency
 Led to return of copper coins
 Outlook on merchants/trade
 Southern China utilized
COPPER COINS
Additional Information
 Development
of the novel
 Wood-cut and block- printing
 Blue and white porcelain
 Encyclopedias
 Dictionaries
 Great wall
 Far ahead of world in naval
capabilities at this time
BLUE AND
WHITE
PORCELAIN
THE GREAT WALL
Fall of the Ming/Rise of the Qing
 Internal
power struggles
 Groups worked to gain sole power
 Children placed on the throne
 Ming accepted Manchu aid