HIST 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ming Dynasty, Hong Xiuquan, Liaodong Peninsula
16 Jun 2017
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Terms: muscovy, nerchinsk, memorial, guangzhou, qin, yunnan, xinjiang, bonservant, heshen, mccartney, hoppo, triads, lin zexu, nanjing, hong xiuquan, Midterm in 2 weeks: 2 blocks (choice in each) Next tuesday: leave quickly cuz next class has midterm. China didn"t see it as an opening, more a forceful change (by us) that came with weakness and loss of culture. British + american military supremacy based on technologicl advances (new artillery, nay boats ) put them ahead of japan + china. Themes: imperial china, manchu dynasty (qing, signs of decline, fascination of china in the west", macartney mission, opium trade, opium war, consequences. 5 dynasties: northern song / southern song / yuan (mongol) / ming / qing (manchu) characterized by strong centralized state (emperor), strong professional bureaucracy (aristocracy is powerless) Ming started out as peasants (most artistic - ming art") most corrupt and inefficient. L-> so big it didn"t have any rivals, so no motivation to be efficient.
