CHINESE DYNASTIES

•MING DYNASTY

•RULED CHINA FROM 1368-1644.

• FOUNDER OF THE MING DYNASTY-

• JOW YOO-AHN-CHANG

MING DYNASTY

• DEVELOPED CHINA IN TO A GREAT SEA POWER.

• DEVELOPED NAVIGATIONAL SKILLS AND BUILT LARGE SHIPS.

• THEY USED THE COMPASS, ASTROLABE, AND WERE SKILLED MAPMAKERS.

GOALS OF THE MING DYNASTY

• WHAT BODY OF WATER DID THE MING DYNASTY CONTROL?

• PACIFIC OCEAN

MING DYNASTY

ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE MING DYNASTY

• ENDED MONGOL INFLUENCE IN CHINA.

• REFORMED LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• REORGANIZED THE TAX SYSTEM

• IMPOSED NEW LAW CODES.

GOOFY LAWS

• Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.

• ALABAMA

• A PERSON CANNOT WALK AROUND THE CITY OF LEXINGTON WITH AN ICE CREAM CONE IN THEIR BACK POCKET.

• KENTUCKY

• IT IS ILLEGAL TO PUT A SKUNK IN YOUR BOSSES DESK.

• MICHIGAN

DECLINE OF THE MING DYNASTY

• GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BECAME TO TAKE BRIBES.

• WHAT IS A BRIBE?

• LANDOWNERS WOULD NOT PAY TAXES.

• IN 1644 MANCHUS INVADED AND DEFEATED THE MING DYNASTY.

MNG DYNASTY

• SIGNIFICANCE OF ALL THE CHINESE DYNASTY’S

• CONTINUITY OF CHINESE SOCIETY REGARDLESS OF THE DYNASTIC CHANGES

CHINESE CULTURE