Ming and Qing Dynasties Happy Monday!!! Word.

1. Ming and Qing DynastiesHappy Monday!!! Word.

3. Last 3 Dynasties (Beijing) • Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) • Mongolian and Genghis Khan • north of China proper • Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) • Han Chinese • Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) • Manchu • northeast of China proper

5. Confucian Culture • modern concept of political nation state • Chinese defined by Confucian culture • civil service exam (605-1905) • social mobility • reward diligence, discipline, and willpower, but not talent or innovation • “law of avoidance” • “sum of social relationships”

6. Social Hierarchy and Mobility • scholar-officials, farmers, artisans, and merchants • scholar-official-landlord • learning, political power, and economic wealth • local elite (gentry) and lineage • lack of work ethic • literati’s long gown • foot-binding for women

7. Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)

8. China’s Tributary System • Traditional system for managing foreign relations • The ``Central Kingdom” worldview • Ming dynasty had the most extensive tributary system • tributes from East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and even West Asia and Africa

9. Zheng He’s Fleet (1405 - 1433) • Over 300 ships & 20,000 men • trade and commerce • Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia, and East Africa

10. Zheng He’s Expeditions

12. Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912) • Ming dynasty fell in 1644 amid peasant uprisings, eunuch political squabbles and Manchu invasion • Manchu and Han Chinese

13. Ming and Qing Emperors Yongle Emperor Kangxi Qianlong

14. Mandate of Heaven

15. Emperor & Lord Macartney (1793)