Ming+China

CHART: CHARACTERISTICS OF A CIVILIZATION OR CULTURE NAME: Maggie Hackney The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)  · ** Leaders, Elites **  · ** State Structure **  · ** War **  · ** Diplomacy, Treaties **  · ** Courts, Laws **  ||  Time of Chinas recovery post-Mongol rule. During the dynasty there were efforts to eliminate foreign rule while promoting Confucian learning based from the Han, Tang, and Song dynasties. Culturally, China was looking into its past. The Civil service exam was reestablished which went on to create a centralized government. Power belonged to the emperor, but he had eunchs (castrated men) who were personally loyal to him and had great authority. The dynasty eventually collapsed due to internal conflicts. Groups formed among the eunuchs and the nobility that worked to gain sole power and place one of their leaders as emperor ||  · ** Type of System **  · ** Technology, Industry **  · ** Trade, Commerce **  · ** Capital/Money **  · ** Types of Businesses **  ||  In order to help restore the damage from the Mongols, the state restored millions of acres to cultivation, rebuilt canals, reservoirs and irrigation works. Resulting in economic rebound. International and domestic trade flourished and the population grew. China also undertook a series of maritime expeditions. In 1405 a large fleet was launched. Captain Zheng He traveled to Southeast Asia, Indonesia India, Arabia, and East Africa. His goal was to enroll distant people and states in the Chinese tribute system. His expeditions established Chinese power in the Indian ocean and exert Chinese control over foreign trade in the region. ||  · ** Holy Books **  · ** Beliefs, Teachings ** <span style="margin-left: .25in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"> · ** Conversion ** <span style="margin-left: .25in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"> · ** Sin/Salvation ** <span style="margin-left: .25in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"> · ** Deities ** <span style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> || <span style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Confucianism was brought back as the states dominant religion  || <span style="margin-left: .25in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"> · ** Family ** <span style="margin-left: .25in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"> · ** Gender Relations ** <span style="margin-left: .25in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"> · ** Social Classes ** <span style="margin-left: .25in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"> · ** Inequalities ** <span style="margin-left: .25in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"> · ** Life Styles ** <span style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> || <span style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">  || <span style="margin-left: .25in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"> · ** Art, Music ** <span style="margin-left: .25in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"> · ** Writing, Literature ** <span style="margin-left: .25in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"> · ** Philosophy ** <span style="margin-left: .25in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"> · ** Math & Science ** <span style="margin-left: .25in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"> · ** Education ** <span style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> || <span style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Emperor Yongle (1402-1422) sponsored an Encyclopedia of some 11,000 volumes. It sought to summarize or compile all previous writing on history, geography, ethics, government, and more. || <span style="margin-left: .25in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"> · ** Location ** <span style="margin-left: .25in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"> · ** Physical ** <span style="margin-left: .25in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"> · ** Movement ** <span style="margin-left: .25in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"> · ** Human/Environment ** <span style="margin-left: .25in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .25in; text-indent: -.25in;"> · ** Region ** <span style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> || <span style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> East Asia  ||
 * =<span style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">POLITICAL =
 * =<span style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">ECONOMIC =
 * ==<span style="margin-left: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: 0in;">RELIGIOUS ==
 * ==<span style="margin-left: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: 0in;">SOCIAL ==
 * ==<span style="margin-left: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: 0in;">INTELLECTUAL, artS ==
 * ==<span style="margin-left: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 63.5pt; mso-element-top: 77.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in; text-indent: 0in;">NEAR: GEOGRAPHY ==