Belle McLaurin
Empire over Time
Ming Dynasty
Qing Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty’s Achievements
 Technological
 Great Wall
 Grand Canal
 Military
 Huochong Gun

Wan Hu

Bamboo -> Bronze
 Centralized Planning
 Artistic
 Forbidden City
 Porcelain
 Yongle Encyclopedia
Fall of the Ming
 Natural Disasters
 Plague
 Climate Change

Little Ice Age
 Rebellions
 Mandate of Heaven
 Monetary Crisis
 Eunuchs
Major Facts about the Qing
 Last Great Dynastic power
 Lived like most other dynasties
 Long lived ruler
 Period of prosperity
 Mandate of Heaven lost
 Fall
 Manchu
 Jurchen
 NE China
Rise of the Qing
 Jin, Yuan, and Qing
 Overtaken by Mongols
 Manchus divided into Tribes
 Nurhaci
 Combined tribes
 Genghis Khan
 Shenyang
 Incorporated Ming officials in government
Rise of the Qing (cont)
 Nurhaci died
 Hung Taiji
 Supported Ming more
 European weaponry advancements
 Employed Ming technicians
 Led to conquering of regions
 Mongols recognized Nurhaci as leader
 “Later Jin”
Qing Empire
 Manchu in Beijing
 Great Wall
 General sided with Manchu
 Qing Dynasty officially began
 Emperor Shunzi
 Son of Taiji
 Goal of rule: Conquer the rest of the Empire
Qing (cont)
 20 years to defeat Ming forces
 Southwest Ming
 Locals took Ming side
 Still eventually conquered.
 Dorgon
 Regent
 Appointed Ming officials
 Exams
 Enforced specific hairstyle
Qing (cont)
 Shunzi began to rule
 13
 1650-1661
 Emperor Kangxi
 Stabilized empire
 Set direction for rule
 “Kublai Khan”
Overview of the Qing
 Conquered more of Asia than Ming
 400 Million population (peak)
 Ruled with ‘tributes’
 1908
Works Cited
 theqingdynasty.com
 chinahighlights.com
 richard-hooker.com
 newworldencyclopedia.org