HIST 1011 Lecture 3: HIST 1011: Trade, Culture, and Pluralism
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Ming"s do not have the power to expel the japanese. Under the manchu"s becomes an even more powerful state than china had been under the ming. Different than multi ethnic states we have examined. China has a good deal more of ethnic homogeneity. The dominant group in china is a group called the han they have the most cultural influence. When they come to power they maintain the same overarching political structure that had preceded them too. All males must adopt a coo, an edict, shave the frontal part of your skull, allow the back to grow and have a ponytail. If they did not do so they could die. Han prohibit manchus from chinese foot binding. Tibet you have an indigenous population that is buddhist, a state of theocracy ruled by. Another country that fascinated europeans, but unquestionably not as influential or as powerful as china. Until 1600, japan was divided into a number of feudal states.
