Ming Dynasty () restoration of the Chinese culture: Confucianism, bureaucracy,
civil service exams, traditional values returned "Ming" = "brilliant"
Overthrow of the Yuan Ming overthrow and restore China to a centralized state
Hong Wu () Chinese leader of the overthrow of the Yuan Dynasty, was e...
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Ming Dynasty ✔✔(1368-1644) restoration of the Chinese culture: Confucianism, bureaucracy,
civil service exams, traditional values returned "Ming" = "brilliant"
Overthrow of the Yuan ✔✔Ming overthrow and restore China to a centralized state
Hong Wu ✔✔(1368-1398) Chinese leader of the overthrow of the Yuan Dynasty, was emperor
and put a lot of trust in the eunuchs
Great Wall ✔✔finalized the building of this in the 15th-16th centuries (during the Ming), built to
protect the realm of China, thousands of workers
Fall of the Ming ✔✔famine, government corruption, and started using eunuchs, which didn't have
reproductive organs, and so the Qing overthrew
Qing Dynasty ✔✔(1644-1911) last of the Chinese Dynasties, expanded from Taiwan to the
Caspian Sea, Manchurians were rulers from north "Qing" = "pure"
Manchuria ✔✔ruled in China, spoke Chinese and practiced Confucianism, but forbid
intermarriage and Chinese learning Manchurian language
Kangxi ✔✔(1661-1722) ruler during the Qing, "enlightened", expanded China, was the "son of
heaven"
Economic Development in China ✔✔population double to 200 million people, have problem
feeding -- only 10% of land was arable, traded with Spanish-Americans, no industrialization
, Social structure in China ✔✔from top to bottom: officials, peasants, merchants
Tokagowa Shogunnate ✔✔(1600-1867) dynasty rule in Japan after the Shogun in the feudal,
population growing but still agricultural
Tokagowa Ieyasu ✔✔(1600-1616) rules in Japan, was the head shogun, skeptical of foreigners
Daimyos ✔✔local rulers under the lord (shogun)
Trading in Japan ✔✔expelled Europeans before they could get a foothold in Japan, only traded
with Dutch because they weren't a major threat
Opium problem in China ✔✔British kept trading opium for valuables with Chinese (brought from
India) and government says to stop, but British bring it underground
Opium Wars ✔✔(1889-1842) started with the Chinese government attacking the British and the
British fighting back, then totally taking control over China, also took a major trading port: Hong
Kong
Treaty of Nansing ✔✔treaty that stops the Opium Wars
Hong Kong ✔✔major trading port in China, captured by the British
Taiping Rebellion ✔✔(1850-1864) revolt from below in China, people wanted education and
democracy
Hong Xiuquan ✔✔leader of the Taiping Rebellion, defeated and is more discontent
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