Bellwork: Can you Name all the Chinese Dynasties in ORDER? Unit 4 Bellwork 2/6 Bellwork: Can you Name all the Chinese Dynasties in ORDER?

Chinese Dynasty Song Shang Zhou (“Joe”) Qin (“chin”) Han (Repeat) ( ------------------- 400 years of Disunity ------------------) Sui (“sway” without “w”) Tang Song Yuan ------ Mongol Ming Qing (“ching”) --------Manchu Republic -------- Republic of China Mao Zedong ---------People’s Republic of China

Next Two Weeks F 2/2-M 2/5: Gunpowder Empires Tu 2/6-W2/7: Ming/Qing China Autopsy of Ming/Qing Dynasty Assignment Wed: Laptop pickup for most of you and Dual Enrollment forms due! Th 2/8- F 2/9: Tokugawa Japan Chapter 20 SAQ M 2/12-Tu 2/13: Enlightenment W 2/14-Tu 2/20: In class CCOT Essay Th 2/15, F 2/16, M 2/19: No School! W 2/21-Th 2/22: Unit 4 Test Review F 2/23-M 2/26: Unit 4 Test (Multiple Choice/SAQs)

Ming China and the Voyages of Zheng He

1500s Europeans arrive in East & Southeast Asia China & Japan strong enough to resist 1500s

Ming Dynasty Ruled world’s most populous state Restored ethnic Chinese rule http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/

Military commander in revolt against Mongols Founder Zhu Yuanzhang Peasant origins Buddhist monk Military commander in revolt against Mongols http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Dynasty/history-Ming-emperors.html

Founder Became Hongwu (means vastly martial) emperor Claimed the MANDATE of Heaven Laws favorable to peasants Traditional values Confucian relationships “Divide and Conquer” mentality http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Dynasty/history-Ming-emperors.html

Built the Forbidden Palace

Hall of Harmony http://www.historywiz.com/forbiddencity.htm

Dragon throne http://www.historywiz.com/qing.htm

Peak of cultural grandeur & elegance Confucianism revived Civil service exams reinstated, expanded Return to scholar-gentry dominance

Foreign relations: Most dynamic dynasty 1300s-1400s: Age of exploration Population growth based on new American crops Corn Potato Sweet potato (Cotton) Ming peasant with wheelbarrow

Great Wall Final & lasting re-construction Built last 1000 kilometers (621 miles)

Ming porcelain Rougher, more durable pieces sold to foreigners For silver

Europeans began arriving Portuguese, then Spanish China was too big to conquer Established trading houses (called HONG) Chinese image of 18th-century European sailor

Chinese/European POVs on Trade Ming Chinese: Emperor: curious, ambitious Scholar gentry opposed waste of money threat to their power Confucian bias against merchants & trade Europeans: wide support Increase national & personal wealth, power Spread Christianity

Primary Document Reading Matteo Ricci reading Page 27 What does he teach us about Chinese culture?

Manchu formed own dynasty; gave it Chinese name—Qing The Manchu

The Voyages of Zheng He http://azlyrahman-illuminations.blogspot.com/2008/12/chinas-greatest-admiral.html

A little about Zheng He

One of a set of maps of Zheng He's missions, also known as the Mao Kun maps http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He

Zheng He’s Ships Treasure Ships (feats of engineering) 400 ft long Were large enough to bring giraffes back from Africa Specialized vessels Equine ships Warships Supply ships Water tankers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ZhengHeShips.gif

Next Two Weeks Mon 2/13: Ming/Qing China Dynasty Autopsy Wed 2/15: Finish China/Tokugawa Japan Last day for Absolutism CD Covers/Essay rewrites due Wed 2/22: Tokugawa Japan Fri 2/24: Test Review Tues 2/28: Test (½ Multiple Choice, ½ SAQ’s)

Autopsy of an Empire (Dynasty) Use the information packet on either the Ming or Qing Dynasty to complete the Medical Examiner’s Notes chart. Use the paper from the roll up front to draw the outline of a person (you may trace one of your group members if you want it life-size) Give your dead person a name that fits with your dynasty (nothing racist) Creatively give your dead person wounds or ailments (at least five) that correspond with the reasons for the fall of the Ming or Qing Dynasty

Autopsy Rubric Examiner’s Notes _/1 Present in life Contributed to downfall At least 5 injuries or ailments representing the different themes _/2 Injuries make sense—connect to the downfall of dynasty Reasons for downfall of dynasty are accurate Creativity/Effort _/1