AST 4305 Lecture 3: End of Ming and Early Qing

• School: Baylor University
• Department: Asian Studies
• Course: AST 4305
• Professor: Daniel Barish

Document Summary

Ming china is the center of the world all of the world"s silver is flowing into china center of the world"s economy video notes. Suzhou was a center of culture and economy beginning of an urban, wealthy class of people private wealth lacquer making collectors traveled thousands of miles for the best, most brand name lacquer fashion traveled down the classes. Suzhou silk was the best people also traveling to china for the people. Ming is the first time there is extended contact with other people, outside of the silk road. Jesuits are first to arrive first great accounts of china back in europe explain china as a great, rational nation, ruled by a fair, meritocratic system. China was seen as easy converts because they were so rational and would rationally be convinced that christianity was the right way when they were presented with the logic of the religion and the wonders of european science.