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Do you think it is important for a country to defend its
borders?
1 644-1911 Qing 1279-1368 Yuan 1368-1644 Ming
The Forbidden City was the innermost square of the imperial city. It was surrounded by a moat and a high wall. The Forbidden City contained palaces for members of the imperial family, and the Hall of Supreme Harmony, where the emperor held court.
Zheng He brought back giraffes, zebras, tigers and ostriches. When people saw the giraffe, people told the emperor Zheng He had brought back the mythical creature which appeared when the wisest emperor began his rule, a qilin. The emperor replied, “That is no qilin, and I am no wise man”.
After defeating the Mongols in 1368, the Ming emperors tried to rid China of all Mongol influences.
Kicked out everything Mongol!!!!
After defeating the Mongols in 1368, the Ming emperors tried to rid China of all Mongol influences.
The goal was to bring back old traditions from previous Chinese dynasties.
Four Confucian social classes- 1 scholar gentry 2 peasants 3 artisans 4 merchants
Saw themselves as self-sufficient unlike Europeans who had to trade.
Received money through taxes and tribute from Japan, Korea and Tibet.
Kicked out everything Mongol!!!!
Made money from taxes and tribute from Korea and
Japan
Revival of Chinese culture
Scholar Gentry
Peasants
Artisans
Merchants
To protect the northern frontier of China, the Ming government encouraged soldiers to move with their families to the frontier zone, offering them land in exchange for protection. The Ming also decided to move their capital city north as well to Beijing. The Ming made relationships with other various nomadic tribes
giving them titles and honors in exchange for loyalty and tribute.
Ivory
Forest Products
Animal Hides
Gold
Slaves
Glass
Carpets
Textiles
Horses
Slaves
Gold
Glassware
Forrest ProductsCotton
Gems
Elephants
Salt
Cinnamon
Paper
Porcelain
Silk TextilesSilver
Spices
Forrest Products
Macau and its position in Portuguese and Spanish global trade routes
• 1390- the first imperial edict aimed at limiting overseas commerce is issued.
• The Ming war fleet declined dramatically. Strict limits were placed on the ships size, number of masts and the quality of supplies used.
• The Chinese shut themselves in while the rest of the world was exploring. The Europeans were fascinated with imperial China.
Increased security at the Great
Wall to protects against invasion
Limited exploratio
ns to other
areas and grounded their fleet
Limited the amount of trade that
existed with European contacts
Increased emphasis placed on all things Chinese
Do you think this made China
stronger/safer or weaker/vulnerable
?
• In the 1600s a new nomadic threat emerged- the Manchus.
• The Manchu people were a nomadic tribe located to the north of both China and Korea.
• Once a united fighting force under Abahai, the Manchus took over Korea, inner-Mongolia and eventually overthrew the Ming dynasty.
There are many books written lately about the role of the Chinese in world history. They had superior weaponry and technology than the Europeans, but unlike the Europeans they did not look to build a world empire. What do you think would have happened if the Chinese had chosen to increase their power? How would the world be different today?
