HIS284H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Yongle Emperor, Zheng He, Lightning
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Takes them 4 years to get from inner mongolia to the main city in 1250. Defeats the southern song dynasty in 1279, first time that a foreign people had the right to rule. Founded the yuan dynasty: means origin of the universe. Commits to sinicization (committing himself to become like a chinese ruler) Split china between north and south: southern chinese considered least trustworthy. Foreigners welcomed and not rejecting them: arabs, jews, marco polos. Trade roads and ship routes: most known was the silk road. Kublai used chinese in the government: used them as lower level officials. Mongols kept their identity though: their (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) did(cid:374)"t (cid:271)i(cid:374)d their feet. Not looking to push harsh punishments: controlling people through good governance. Japanese saw this evidence as gods protecting them: makes an attempt to get south east asian. Dies 1294, mongol rule starts to waver. Mongols no longer hold power and is pushed out by the han people.
