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