1. Agenda Warm Up DBQ PRACTICE!!!!!!!!!!! (This was used for snow days)
HW: Gunpowder Tweets- Due 2/12

2. Warm Up
Who is the best/worst ruler of the Mughal Dynasty? Provide evidence for your answer.

3. Agenda Warm Up 2. Discussion: Ming and Qing Dynasty
4. Primary Source: Christian vs Confucianism
5. Primary Source: Sacred Edict of Kangxi.
6. Ming/Qing Eulogy
HW: Read Chapter 18, Quiz coming soon

4. Warm Up
Study the map of the Qing Dynasty, what allows an Empire to expand to this size and strength?

5. China: Ming to Qing Dynasty

6. Post Mongol Rule
1368- Hongwu takes power- begins the Ming (bright) dynasty.
Ming= Era of Greatness
Expanded territory
Militaristic
Traditional Confucian government
Civil Service exams
Isolationist

7. Ming: Outside Contact
1514- Portuguese sail to the East but trade with Japan
Jesuits are allowed into China around 1580ish.
Religious influence, not commerce
New ideas and inventions shared between East and West

8. Ming Decline Weak rulers Government corruption Peasant rebellions
Tribal invasions- Mongols and Pirates
High taxation
Little Ice Age- Leads to crops failing, starvation.
Manchus invade from North and end Ming reign

9. Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) Initially very strict
All Chinese forced to adopt Manchu dress and customs.
Intermarriage prohibited
Kept Ming political system
Massive population increase
85% farming
Big families under one roof
Male dominated
Fiction novels introduced
Blue and White Porcelain

12. Kangxi (1661-1722) Greatest Ruler in Chinese History
Gained the throne at the age of 7
Unified Chinese and Manchu culture.
Very tolerant of Christianity, but Christians less tolerant.
Christian activities suppressed after his death.

13. Qianlong (1736-1795) Used strong military against tribes of the north.
Promoted economic and administrative prosperity.
Downfall of the Qing Dynasty begins after his death.
Usual reasons for decline

14. Goodbye Ming/Qing
Write a eulogy to one of the two dynasties (the Ming or the Qing) where you praise the strengths and criticize the weaknesses. Include at least two strengths and two weaknesses of the dynasty. Discuss the governmental policies that were enacted during the dynasty and the various changes that occurred.

15. Gunpowder Empire Tweets:
Please change Ottoman ruler 2 from Mehmet I to Murad I