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    I did the Ming and Qing Dynasty because I found this more interesting than any other subject. Their Advancements during the their lifetime was very interesting! The Ming Dynasty was the first to happen, than it was the Qing Dynasty. These two Dynasties brought much history to our world. These Dynasties took place in China, in the 15th - 16th century. There were many new civilizations that were created during this time period, especially the world’s biggest wooden city The Forbidden City. In this

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    How the Manchu Rulers Ruled China in the Qing Dynasty Known to the world as the last imperial dynasty, the Qing Dynasty was an influential era from 1644 to 1912 that made China into the country it is today. Caused as a result of a miniature Ice Age, economical disputes over the silver and copper coin, and the rising tension amongst its courts and its people, the Qing Dynasty happened as a result of the fall of the Ming Dynasty due to internal strife. Through the strict policies of loyalty to the

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    The Qing and Ming dynasty ruled for extremely long and both were prosperous. The Qing lasted for over two hundred years while the Ming lasted for about 300 years. This is an extreme amount of time for these empires to thrive in ancient China. The Ming dynasty made China a great superpower through trade. Becoming an extreme trading place, it began to influence other parts of Asia, majorly in the west. The influence it brought to other parts of Asia were mostly political and cultural. The culture

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    During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, where masculine beauty and feminine beauty were often interchangeable, where reference to “the passion of the cut sleeve” or “the shared peach” were commonly understood colloquialisms for homosexual relationships, and where same-sex prostitution was preferred or at the very least considered analogous to other-sex relationships. One would not expect by the end of such an age that the Chinese legal code would prohibit consensual same-sex relationships and have

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    The Ming and and Qing dynasties lasted from 1368-1912. Although the beginning of the Ming dynasty was considered China’s “age of exploration,” that was not the case in the latter half of the 15th century. China became more sinocentric; it focused on internal affairs and secure coastlines. The government spurned and wrote-off the attempted contact of foreign nations. It then entered a period of isolation with isolationist policies. The Ming government was trying to limit contact with foreign empires

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    existent. Early Confucianism focused mainly on solidarity, community, and importance of hierarchy. Even before the Qing dynasty which took place from 1644 to 1912 Confucianism was used as a tool to keep the lower class of China in line. However, it was during Qing dynasty radical change occurred in china which eventually led to the criticism of Confucianism. During the Qing dynasty, Confucianism seemed to be rigidly placed upon the people of China which became overwhelming. In the earlier period

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    The Han Dynasty lasted from 206 B.C. until 220 A.D., making them one of China’s longest lasting empires. Their power and reputation rivaled that of the Roman Empire, which was also around at the same time. With only a few moments when they had some difficulties, they lasted four centuries that went through the times of B.C. and through the A.D. times. The Han Dynasty was thought to be the golden age of the Chinese, with their main points of development being in politics, technology, and the arts

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    The art during the Qing dynasty was very different from those throughout China. During the Qing Dynasty art was coveted over greatly. Many people respected art during this Time. There were many scholars, poets, painters, and potters during this time that took their work very seriously. Painters during this time were either individualist or traditionalist. They focused in wars and what was going on in the real world, other than what people wanted to see. The Manchus, who had already adopted many Chinese

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    Dynastic cycle, the Qin and Qing Dynasties of ancient China showed similar periods of decline. Both of these dynasties have similarities and differences when the dynasties were aloud. To begin with, the Qin and the Qing dynasties had some similarities. First, both dynasties rebelled. To explain, both dynasties had a great start when the dynasty was first created. Then, things got a little rough. The people were tired of having bad leaders at the end so they rebelled. Both dynasties rebelled mostly because

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    From the Shang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, Chinese culture had influence to neighboring and some distant countries, at the same time China also transformed by other influence. One of the dominating traditional belief with which China interacted with the world was a “vassal” or “tributary” formation. It basically believed itself to be the center of civilization and other small states as tributaries or vessels like a river with small tributaries. It was essentially an arrangement under which all

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