HIST-UA 157 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Srivijaya, Ming Dynasty, Qianlong Emperor
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Qianlong a. ii. ruled from 1736-1796, and he extended borders to their greatest size and he got crops like potatoes from the new world so he could feed a growing population a. iii. Emperor qianlong decided not to trade with europe despite how. However, the qin eventually allowed portugal to trade at macao a. v. In the 1600"s, the ming dynasty started to fall because revolts were breaking out and they were going through the mandate of heaven a. vi. Seeing this weakness, the manchus took over by breaking through the great wall of china and taking over beijing in 1644 a. vii. This was the formation of the ching dynasty (which had tributary states) a. viii. The manchus tried to divide themselves with the traditional chinese while trying to give them just enough representation to maintain control: pagan, khmer, srivijaya, vietnam b. i. Pagan: a periphery society to india, which is similar to india because of their buddhism and stupas (dome shaped shrines) b. ii.
