Origins of Global Independence

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Origins of Global Independence
How did the Chinese impact the modern world?
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Ming Dynasty Overthrow Mongols
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Hongwu

• Founder of the Ming and was considered
  brilliant
• He drove the Mongols out of China and built a
  centralized state.
• Rebuilt and repaired the Great Wall to prevent
  northern invasions
• Restored Chinese cultural traditions and civil
  service examinations

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Ming Decline

• Pirates, 1520s--1560s
• Government corruption - eunuchs
• Famines and peasant rebellions during the 1630s
  and 1640s
• Manchu invaders peasants supported them 1644

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Qing Dynasty

• Manchu
• 1644-1911

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Son of Heaven

• Chinese tradition, a human being designated by
  heavenly powers to maintain order on the earth.
• Led a privileged life within the Forbidden City.
• Concubines
• Eunuchs

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Forbidden City
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Compare the Ming rise/fall with another
civilization.