HIS-1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Qing Conquest Of The Ming, Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu
Document Summary
Asia"s role in global trade: china was invaded and conquered by the mongols in the 1200s and the chinese resist and succeed in the year of 1368. The ming dynasty (1368-1644: leaders of the rebellion against the mongols established the ming (brilliant) dynasty. Emperor yongle (1402-1424: led ming dynasty, authorizes expeditions under zheng he. Zheng he (1405-1433: led sea expeditions all over the world, engaged in exotic trade with asia and africa, 1433 trade and expeditions shut down. Demise of ming dynasty: series of weak rulers, era of corruption, heightened class divisions, peasant rebellions, invasions along northern frontier (manchu) Qing dynasty (1644-1911: the manchu"s conquered china and established the qing (pure) dynasty, han manchu, forced hairstyle of shaving head except for top of head and leave ponytail. Emperor kangxi (1666-1721) the greatest: supported chinese arts, developed kangxi dictionary, issued edict of toleration for christians (1692, devoted to confucian principles, forbade christian missions (1715)
