HIST 1007 Lecture 21: HIST 10.29.docx
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October 29, 2014: ming china, inheritors of mongol world kingdom; one of their decisions was to halt maritime explorations to rebuild traditional cultural spheres and governmental structures, the qing dynasty expanded their borders northward and created tributary relationships; limited western influence by restricting traders to certain ports, and so their influence was constantly rebuffed and chinese population growth was exploding, had manufacturing ability and a skilled workforce that enabled internal growth so qing saw no need to trade extensively with west, western traders became increasingly insistent on gaining access to chinese markets, and there were internal problems in qing dynasty that began to soap their internal strength, such as rebellions like the tai ping, rebellion cost about 20 million lives, disrupting chinese control and leaving door open for western incursions were not able to control opium trade, opium wars in foreign colonies began to exist in ports; western powers brought western goods with them and christian missionaries.
