1800

1. 1000 Analyze the social, political and economic transformation of China as a result of its interaction with the West between 1450 and 1914. Russia T’ang 600-900 Silk Road Open to Trade; Horses from west Buddhism  Confucianism Gets too Big; Too much military $$ Mongolia What stays the same thru. out? - China never totally isolated - China always producing for trade - China rarely going out to trade - Always Confucian – sometimes more (Song; Ming) sometimes less (Mongols) • Song 900-1279 Southernization • And Sea Trade. Confucianism • Urbanization & Factories • Not enough military • Too much Golden Age Nanjing Himalaya Canton Mongols or Yuan (1279-1369) Way open to military and silk road But not to benefit of native Chinese Cancel Confucian schools & Exams But Lots of FOREIGNERS in China Foreign Dynasty 1400 Ming 1368-1644  Definite Influence of Southernization & Trade Chinese actually exploring (Zheng He & Treasure Ships BUT this + Mongols = Isolation of most of China; Allow silver + Some crops into the Southern Cities - Need Silver BUT . . . - Very CONSERVATIVE & TRADITIONAL - Foot Binding and Patriarchal - But Euro crops = population growth Europeans Arrive 1520s MANCHU 1644-1912 Foreigners & very diverse; Lots of Military Expansion; Buddhist & Confucian; Adapt Ming government + organization  EUROPEAN + Catholic threat; Need trade But find cultural ideas DISRUPT 1800 Ban on Europeans by 1712 in China (Kangxi Edict)