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    The Ming Dynasty I know, I know, you might be wondering what does this asian thing have to do with me? Well, if it wasn't for the Ming Dynasty most of the movies we see today would be missing some important features. For example in the movie Mulan the scenes when they are on the great wall of China, would not exist because, the Ming Dynasty added most of the great wall of China features you see today. So read this paper so that you can learn more about why the Ming Dynasty was important because of

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    Literature of The Ming Dynasty and Tokugawa Period As we study world history, many people focus on battles, conquerors, and influential events, occasionally disregarding the importance of the cultures of civilizations. Literature and poetry play a huge role in the cultural diversity of different civilizations around the world. Without literary documentation, we would have little information about the history and events from centuries ago. Historians rely on the literature written hundreds of years

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    Manchu appointed two people, one Manchu, and one Chinese, to each key post in the central government. It was called Dyarchy. In 1683, Emperor K’ang Hsi took over Taiwan. The Ming Ch’ing was known as the perfected late imperial system. They had a stronger emperor, better government finances and used Confucianism as an ideology. They had more academies to prepare people for the civil service exams, more bookstores, publishing

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    In many cultures, heroes have been recorded in tales for thousands of years. In China, one of the Great Classic Novels, The Journey to the West, was written by Wu Cheng’en in the 16th century during the late Ming dynasty (1590-1644) when capitalism began to develop. The book describes a Buddhist monk Tripitaka and his four disciples: Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy and White horse, and how they battled with different demons on the way to the west in order to get Buddhist scriptures. In the novel, Monkey had

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    collapse of the Mongol-led dynasty of Yuan. This dynasty brought an era a government which was orderly and socially stable in the history of human beings. This dynasty was developed as a result of bad ruling by the dynasty which was Mongol-led. This dynasty overtaxed its people and had the economy of China go down in pieces. Zhu led the military n fighting this dynasty and he conquered. He then ruled the dynasty with uncontested rivalry from any group. This saw the fall of the dynasty of Mongol. He declared

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    The family structure of the Ming and Qing dynasty revolved entirely around the concept of Filial Piety. Filial Piety, had a focal point aimed at the relationship between the father and the duties of his children to him. The father was the leader of the house who in turn passed this position to his eldest son. Furthermore, it was the sole responsibility of the children to take care of his or her parents as they grew old in age. Over time these family lines grew and became known as clans. Not only

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    Why are we reading this book in this class? 0 The reason that we are reading, “When China Ruled the Seas” by Louise Levathes is in order to help us create a better understanding of the Chinese rule and how they became such a great dynasty. It helps us to see how China rose to become a great maritime power and also how it its navy disintegrated. “When China Ruled the Seas” shows us why the Chinese emperors decided to destroy its navy. It helps us learn more about China’s voyages of

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    pure reproduction of scenery frames, but becoming the picture clues of global commerce and culture mixture. Through detailed analysis and interpretation of the paintings, the different parts of the world linked like the Dutch city of Delft, the Ming Dynasty of China, the Americas and the Philippines together in one book, building a broad view of the 17th century, about global trade and cultural exchanges...

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    A Special Prologue: The Literary Art in Three Words Collection The prosperity of the publishing in late Ming China not only increased the number of imprint copies as well as created a more competitive book market, but also attracted a wider, even more broad readership. The publishers and the literati became more aware of the needs of the diverse readers, and tried to attract the late Ming readership to their fictions and stories. As one of the most influential literary works in late imperial China

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    compare the maritime policies of the kingdom of Spain and Portugal on the one hand and the Ming Empire on the other the differences in motives clearly outweigh the similarities between these two societies. For example, the Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal traveled to spread Christianity, to gain land, to rule over new subjects and to spread their power throughout the different continents, while as the Ming Dynasty was only interested in capital and new/raw resources. Asia was the center of trade, business

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