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Actually began sooner but this website is broken
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Philisophical and trade expansion
Believed a good ruler ruled for a long time
Invented paper, wheel barrow etc.
Lowered taxes and laws
Made silk route safe -
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Genghis Khan had conquered most of China
Attempted to govern China
Ended up failing -
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Mongel rule ended in the 1300s
Stretched far east to middle china
Capitol changed to Bejing
Large in trading -
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Also Empire of the Great Qing, Great Qing or Manchu dynasty
The dynasty was founded by the Jurchen Aisin Gioro clan in Northeastern China
In 1644, peasant rebels led by Li Zicheng conquered the Ming capital Beijing -
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the demand for Chinese goods (particularly silk, porcelain, and tea) in the European market created a trade imbalance
In 1842, the Treaty of Nanking—the first of what the Chinese later called the unequal treaties—granted an indemnity and extraterritoriality to Britain
The failure of the treaty to satisfy British goals of improved trade and diplomatic relations led to the Second Opium War -
Goal was to give china back to its people
Removed ancient customs
over 1,000,000 people died -
This was a war pitting the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Dynasty of China
The 1850s saw the rapid growth of imperialism
The french and English brutally defeated the Xianfeng Emperor -
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Began as an anti fireign movement
Government took action because they were also killing chinese
Sun Yat-Sen became president of the republic of china -
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Recounstructed great wall
Wendi took throne by force
Built system of canals and rivers
Buddhism Floursihed
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Found by Li family who seized the power
Had its capital at Chang'an (present-day Xi'an), which at the time was the most populous city in the world
The Tang dynasty was largely a period of progress and stability
There were many notable innovations during the Tang, including the development of woodblock printing
