Chinese naval power and technology during the early Ming dynasty based on the sources in this chapter. Are you convinced by the arguments that is was a lack of will‚ rather than ability‚ that turned China away from active government support of overseas exploration‚ commerce‚ and settlement during this period? Why or why not? Yes‚ I am convinced the Chinese chose not to further their overseas explorations during this time period. The Ming dynasty possessed an impressive navy consisting over 3‚500 ships
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complicated mess‚ where recollections of the past can never truly be presented in an accurate manner. History can only be created in the past. All we can do in the present is view periods and events‚ such as the role of Confucianism within the Qing Dynasty‚ through different approaches of writing and thinking about history. In the modern period‚ there has been an ever-growing
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Structured Empire: Manchu’s Supremacy rule in the Qing China China is a multi-ethnic state that based on Han Chinese regime for the most of times‚ nevertheless‚ we are able to trace dynasties that either partially or wholly conquered by foreign powers within the scope of Chinese history; among all of them‚ Qing China under the Manchu’s rule is considered as one of the most prosperous and well-known period in the Chinese history which lasted nearly three centuries with visibly economy growth and
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founding emperor of the Ming dynasty. The word Ming‚ means “bright” and from that word the dynasty is enlightened with many influential religions. Yuanzhang was considered as an important figure‚ but he wasn’t the only one as there were other figures that were introduced by religion. Such figures can be seen through statues and each of them represents the practices of religion during the Ming dynasty. Taoism or “Daoism” were widely spread throughout the Ming dynasty. Taoism can be defined as a
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The founder of the Ming Dynasty‚ Zhu Yuanszhang‚ began life at the bottom of society. His home region in Anhui province (Southeast China) was hit with drought and plague around 1340. Zhu Yuanzhang also lost his family at the age of sixteen. He went on to be a leader in one of the peasant uprisings that overthrew the Yuan Dynasty. When Zhu was twenty five he joined the Red Turban rebels and rose quickly among them. He even married a commanders daughter and within a couple years Zhu had between twenty
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BS-AE 1.) Political Dynasty‚ is it acceptable or not? * Political Dynasty is not acceptable for me because it is not fair to other people who deserve in such position in politics. Give chance to other to have a good leadership. Not only in one family the true/wise leader will come‚ every family/dynasty have it. 2.) Must there be an absolute separation of church and state? * Church and state must
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The Fall of the Qing Dynasty Author Zhang Weiwei in The China Wave‚ Rise of a Civilizational State‚ argues that Japan became a national state during the Meiji Restoration‚ but China was unable to accomplish this due to its decline in the mid-19th century. He claims that this decline was a result of its inability to cope with modern states‚ as demonstrated by the loss of wars against such powers as the British‚ French and Japanese (49). The primary question is how a formerly world leading power
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Essay Question: Discuss the economic‚ social and political grievances in Russia at the turn of the C20th and their contribution to the downfall of the Romanov Dynasty. Nicholas II‚ the last tsar of Russia‚ had neither the qualities nor the desire to rule imperial Russia. Born in Tsarskoye Selo in 1868‚ Nicholas was the eldest son of Alexander III‚ the fearsome tsar who had reimposed autocracy and oppression on the Russian empire after the murder of Alexander II. Those who met the young tsarevich
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Although the reign of the Carolingian dynasty occupied brief part of the medieval era‚ the Carolingian Empire that was established made both a historical and cultural impact on medieval society that would resonate for centuries to come. The Carolingian House of the Franks and their expanding empire initially brought stability and progress to most of Europe‚ as well as pioneering a cultural and intellectual renaissance that influenced the remainder of the Middle Ages. Although there were various Carolingian
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The 250 years between 475 and 221 BC was called the Warring States Period because the Zhou dynasty split into . These states fought alot until the Qin dynasty conquered them all.New kings and rulers rose up to rule each state towards victory. The Qin rulers generally wanted to conquer all the others. The Qin rulers taught their people to destroy other states and justified harsh control‚ forced labor‚ and respecting the emperor. They used their manpower for big construction projects. The big amount
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