Compare/Contrast
Ming & Qing Dynasties
Ming
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Hong wu –
Chinese exploration –
Zheng He –
Government sponsored projects Beijing Forbidden City –
Foreign policy -
Qing
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Manchus –
Queue –
Portugese Jesuits –
Taiping rebellion -
Similarities
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Built strong central governments
Agricultural and publics works projects
Population increased
Both ruled for approximately 300 years
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Hong wu – military officer of
peasant origins; who became
1st Ming emperor in 1368;
also a Buddhist monk
Chinese exploration –
government spent money on
a navy & junks to sail to
foreign ports to collect
tribute
Zheng He – Chinese Muslim
explorer who led seven
voyages of exploration to
Arabia, India, & Africa; used
force if tribute was refused
Agricultural and public works
projects were completed
Ming
Zheng He
Ming
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Beijing – (northern capital)
new capital of the Ming
dynasty
Forbidden City – Beijing
home of the emperor that
was built as a palace and for
state functions
Foreign policy was based on
collecting tribute instead of
waging war
No longer under control of
Mongol leaders
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Manchus – invaders from
Manchuria who set up the
Qing dynasty; were out
numbered 30-1
Queue – braid required by
the Qing leaders to be cut off
or be executed; it was a form
of control
Portuguese – 1st Europeans
to arrive in China; built a
trading base at Macao
Jesuits – missionaries who
came to convert the Chinese
to Christianity; eventually
forced to leave China
Taiping rebellion – revolt led
by Chinese Christian that
lasted for 14 years; foreign
influence and power
increased as a result of the
weakened Qing government
Qing