1. CHINESE DYNASTIES

2. FOUNDER OF THE MING DYNASTY- JOW YOO-AHN- CHANG MING DYNASTY

3. DEVELOPED CHINA IN TO A GREAT SEA POWER. DEVELOPED NAVIGATIONAL SKILLS AND BUILT LARGE SHIPS. THEY USED THE COMPASS, ASTROLABE, AND WERE SKILLED MAPMAKERS. GOALS OF THE MING DYNASTY

4. WHAT BODY OF WATER DID THE MING DYNASTY CONTROL? PACIFIC OCEAN MING DYNASTY

5. ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE MING DYNASTY ENDED MONGOL INFLUENCE IN CHINA. REFORMED LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANIZED THE TAX SYSTEM IMPOSED NEW LAW CODES.

6. GOOFY LAWS Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death. ALABAMA A PERSON CANNOT WALK AROUND THE CITY OF LEXINGTON WITH AN ICE CREAM CONE IN THEIR BACK POCKET. KENTUCKY IT IS ILLEGAL TO PUT A SKUNK IN YOUR BOSSES DESK. MICHIGAN

7. DECLINE OF THE MING DYNASTY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BECAME TO TAKE BRIBES. WHAT IS A BRIBE? LANDOWNERS WOULD NOT PAY TAXES. IN 1644 MANCHUS INVADED AND DEFEATED THE MING DYNASTY.

8. MNG DYNASTY SIGNIFICANCE OF ALL THE CHINESE DYNASTY’S CONTINUITY OF CHINESE SOCIETY REGARDLESS OF THE DYNASTIC CHANGES

9. CHINESE CULTURE