1. Ming Dynasty
Part 2

2. Territory it Controlled
Korea to Southeast Asia

3. Decline of Yuan/Rise of the Ming
Civil war
Change of life
Repeated natural disasters
Massive peasant rebellions

4. Characteristics of the Ming Dynasty
Last Chinese dynasty
Zenith 15th c.
One of China’s most prosperous
Strong and complex central government

5. Key People Zhu Yuanzhang a.k.a.- Hongwu, meaning Vast Military Founder
Favored violence
Created reforms
Wanted to erase Mongol past
Maintained a strong military

6. More about Hong Wu Hong Wu Peasant orphan Raised by Buddhist Monks
Joined Red Turbans millenarian movement
Emerged as leader of large military band
Overthrows Yuan and declares himself emperor

7. Hong Wu Hong Wu takes Nanjing in 1364
Takes Beijing and declares himself emperor in 1368
Unifies his empire in 1370 CE

8. Key People cont’d Yanglo Pursued aggressive and expansionist policies
Continued Hongwu’s policies and moved capital to Beijing
Launched expeditions

9. Key People cont’d Zheng He
Led expeditions to SE Asia, India, and eastern coast of Africa starting in 1405
Distributed gifts to show Chinese splendor
Last voyages completed in 1433

11. PBS Video Clip: Zheng He

12. Foreign Relations Isolationists/Superiority
Chinese economic policies-agricultural
Only government conducted foreign trade
Foreign encroachment multiplied- Japanese pirates, Mongols

13. Foreign Relations cont’d
First Europeans appeared in 1514
Portuguese
Spanish
Christian missionaries

14. Society
Neo-Confucian bureaucrats pushed for agrarian-centered based society
Incredible advances in sciences and arts

15. Economy Money was a problem from the start Initially paper currency
Led to return of copper coins
Outlook on merchants/trade
Southern China utilized

16. COPPER COINS

17. Additional Information
Development of the novel
Wood-cut and block- printing
Blue and white porcelain
Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
Great wall
Far ahead of world in naval capabilities at this time

18. BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN

19. THE GREAT WALL

20. Fall of the Ming/Rise of the Qing
Internal power struggles
Groups worked to gain sole power
Children placed on the throne
Ming accepted Manchu aid

21. Ming Dynasty Part 2 Questions
List four reasons why the Yuan Dynasty declined while the Ming Dynasty came to power.
Who was the founder of the Ming Dynasty?
Who was Zheng He and what did he accomplish?
Why did the Ming Dynasty eventually fall?