Ming Dynasty Bellwork What group did the Ming replace as the rulers of China? The Mongols, The Yuan Dynasty What are at least two major accomplishes of the Ming Dynasty? Renovating the Grand Canal, Constructing the Great Wall, Building the Forbidden City, expanded the empire What were two goals of Chinese expeditions? Bring back exotic goods, Enlist people in tribute system, spread Chinese Prestige, Give China greater control of trade

Objective WWBAT: Introduce the ways that Ming China interacted with the outside world, especially Europe WWBAT: Gather information about the causes of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty

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Ming Isolation Collapse of the Ming Crisis Ming Dynasty Foreign Trade Rebellions and the Manchus

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Ming Isolation After the voyages of Zheng He the Ming began a policy of isolation regarding trade This likely had much to do with conflict with the Mongols and other peoples from the Asian Steppes This policy was also likely informed by Confucian government leaders fearing how wealthy and powerful merchants were becoming

Ming Isolation By 1500 the policy of trading isolation was official All private trade was outlawed which meant that trade needed to be run through the Ming government There was a great deal of illegal private trade taking place, which upset the Ming

Ming Isolation Official trade could only occur in three ports Some nations were barred from trading at all, while others were limited in when they could trade Japan, for example could only enter one of the tree ports and only do so every ten years

Ming Isolation With the isolationist trading policy the Ming relied on the tribute system as a mean of conducting trade with foreign groups

Ming Dynasty Foreign Trade The Portuguese arrived in China in 1514, marking the first contact with Europe since the voyage of Marco Polo The Portuguese sent a formal ambassador to establish official relations with China, also in 1514 The same year Portuguese trading pirates arrived and began interacting with Chinese merchants These pirates built an illegal fort which was destroyed by the Chinese

Ming Dynasty Foreign Trade By 1557 the Chinese government granted the Portuguese trading rights on the peninsula of Macao, in the south of Canton

Ming Dynasty Foreign Trade Portugal established itself as the group responsible for the exchange of goods, between Asian countries, Japan, and Europe Portugal was essentially a middle man or “carrier of goods” for Ming China This made it so Portugal made a profit in the majority of the trade which China participated in

Ming Dynasty Foreign Trade In 1565 the Spanish took control of the Philippines and had a hub to compete with Portugal for Chinese trade Spain quickly became the dominate European power in the region

Ming Dynasty Foreign Trade Spanish silver was used by all Europeans trading in the region Silver began replace traditional Chinese copper coins and paper money

Ming Dynasty Foreign Trade With the development of European relations China had established itself as the center of the worlds economy with goods flowing from China to rest of the world China had little need for any of the goods created in the rest of the world, so they simply exported and stockpiled profits

Ming Dynasty Foreign Trade Both merchant class and farmer class clans prospered during this time Leading to both groups becoming literate and cultured, and their members passed the Imperial Examination and entered the government This caused a blurring of social classes

Ming Dynasty Foreign Trade There was much conflict among the European powers to attempt to gain favor with China The Portuguese, Spanish, and the Dutch vied for control of Chinese exports All three served as middlemen for trading at some point

Wait, What else was happening? Bellwork The Ming Dynasty lasted from 1368–1644 What are three things that were happening in other parts of the world at this time? (CONTEXTUALIZATION!) Answers Vary

1368–1644