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May 6, 1402
Emperor Yunglo
Emperor Yunglo had won the throne in the Ming Dynasty and became the third emperor. -
Mar 5, 1405
Zheng He Voyages
In order for the Ming dynasty to prove their strength, the Zheng He Voyages traveled westward to the Indian ocean. He had 28,00 soldiers. -
Mar 5, 1433
End of the Zheng He expeditions
The new emperor banned ocean travel and belived that the expeditions were too expensive to afford. -
Nurhaci
Nurhaci was part of a nomadic group, he helped to establish the Ming Dynasty. Later it was renamed the Qing after conquering China. -
Beginning to the Qing Dynasty
Manchu was asked to help the Ming rulers due to end their rebellions. Instead, Manchu took over the Ming dynasty. -
Life of Manchu
While Qing conqured China, patriarchy was still common. Elder respect and potilical system were also the same. -
End of Civil Exams
Corruption was in the civil service exam by wealth men. Not all men who were smart. As a result of the cheating that led to the end of civil exams. -
Decrease in Public works
The economy of the Qing began to decraese. That gave the end of public works because there was many floods. As a result, many citizens died of famines and lack of resources. -
Recoverment of the Qing Dynasty
Qing improved by the increase of public works and there was the civil exams back. The public works wanted to prevent floods. Also there a decraese to help citizens with their economy. -
Lin Zexu
The Emperor sent Lin Zexu to block the areas in Canton and destroy the warehouse. The Europeans were selling opium in a secret way so no one will find out. -
The Opium War
China had ordered to stop the trade of opium but Britain still secretly sold the drug. This created a war but unfortunetly the Chinese lost and had to trade with Britain. -
The Taiping Rebellion
Hong Xiuquan wanted to overthrown the Qing Dynasty. They were defeated by the Qing with French and British were helping the French. -
The second Opium War
Second Opium War was also a loss to China again due to weak military techniches and military. China was forced to open all to the European commerce. -
Sino-French War
China lost control of Veitnam to the French. As a result, there was another colony. -
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion was created by a small group of rebels aimed to kick out the foreigners (Europeans) of Chinas. This ended as a failure to the rebel groups. -
End of the Civil Exams
In 1905, the Chinese examination system was abolish since there was too much corruption while doing the exams. -
End to the Qing Dynasty
The Qing dynastry fell due to internal probelms such as the many rebellions that were taken place.
