Ming 1
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The God- given right or divine force given to a person to rule China. The ruler also had a moral obligation to use it for the good of his people. If a ruler did not do this, then his state would suffer terrible disasters/famine/flooding and rebellion from his people and he would lose the right to govern.
The Ming Dynasty was located in....
China
This was the Byzantine city the Ottomans conquered by 1629?
Constantinople conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1453.
Constantinople was renamed _____________
Istanbul
The ______________ social class rose up to defeat the Mongols
peasant
Who was Zheng He? What did he do?
A Chinese Explorer. Set off to explore new lands to show off how advanced and modern China was at the time.
This was the name of the Mongol-ruled Dynasty that existed before the Ming Dynasty
Yuan Dynasty
This man founded the Ottoman Empire
Osman
Why was Constantinople such a desirable location for the Ottomans?
Located between two bodies of water that gave access to the Silk Road trades routes of Asia and the Trans-Saharan trades routes of North Africa, Italy and France
What is the enduring issue based on the history of the Ming Dynasty and Ottoman Empire? Explain
desire for power
What was the most important event or circumstance that led to the rise of the Ming Dynasty? Why?
the overthrow of the Yuan Dynasty by Zhu Yuanzhang.
the Yuan dynasty treated the Han Chinese unfairly led to rebellion
What Mongol leader did Marco Polo serve under during his time in China?
Kublai Khan
This was the name of the Sultan that allowed the Ottomans to reach their height as an empire
Suleiman
Why was the conquest of Constantinople such a turning point in Ottoman history?
Renamed the city Istanbul and changed the official religion from Orthodox Christianity to Islam, end of the Byzantine Empire
How did the Ottoman Empire and Ming Dynasty Gain, Maintain, and Consolidate Power?
Miltary conquest, belief system (relligious tolerance + Confucian values
Great wall
This system that requires people to take an exam before they can have a job in government was brought back during the Ming Dynasty?
What belief system was this exam based on?
Civil Service System
A long term effect of the Chinese Age of Exploration was.....(think about what happened after Zheng He died)
Ming enforced isolationism as a way to limit foreign influence
The Ottomans practiced __________________ when interacting with people of different religions
Religious Tolerance
The ___________________ were armies of Christian converts to Islam
Janissaries
Name one similarity between the Ming and Ottoman Emprie
Use of a belief system to govern it's people, use of guns in warfare, drove out the Mongols
What were the impacts of Neo-Confucianism in Ming China? List 2 impacts and an enduring issue.
What is social hierarchy and the importance of loyalty, order, and obedience to authority?
What is filial piety?
What is the role of women?
What is merit-based civil service?
What were the impacts of Zheng He's travel?
Advanced navigation technology was available in China.
The Chinese came into contact with peoples of other cultures between 1405 and 1422.= cultural exchange
explored Arabia and the east coast of Africa
sailed to ports in Asia and Africa.
List the three areas that the Ottoman Empire controlled by 1500s.
By the 1500s, the Ottoman Empire controlled parts of the Middle East, North Africa, and eastern Europe.
Name the two bodies of water surrounding the Ottoman Empire
Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea
What is the meaning of this quote:
"The countries beyond the horizon and from the ends of the Earth have all become subjects and to the most western of the western or the most northern of the northern countries however far away they may be.” — Ming dynasty official
demonstrate supremacy and strength in China