Ming Dynasty

fifteenth century needs to be celebrated for the success of his explorations. The sailing skills and economic developments improved unbelievably fast during that period. The advanced culture of China spread very fast following this explorer. The Ming Dynasty official Zheng He was this explorer and should be celebrated for his three major accomplishments. Firstly, Zheng he’s expedition stimulated the sailing development. The sizes of his ships were incredibly big. The area was as big as a…

Matteo Ricci created a link between the Western world and China by attempting to introduce Christianity to the Chinese people. Matteo Ricci is a pioneer because he took Western lifestyle to China. Chinese scholars were very intrigued by the knowledge introduced to them from Renaissance Europe and so they explored this new information. By showing the extravagance of western civilization and religion Matteo Ricci and the Jesuits became cultural mediators, and they created a foothold for Western…

After became the Emperor, Zhu Di ‘s ambition towards establishing a Chinese presence and enforce Chinese influence over the Indian Ocean trade became his lifelong ambition. Within the next three decades, the Yongle Emperor ordered the construction of the treasure fleet, as it would come to be known and placed his trusted eunuch, Zheng He as his Chief Commander of the fleet. Over the next years, Zheng He and the treasure fleet conducted seven legendary voyages from 1405 – 1433 that brought him…

In the past I’ve shared about the impact of the books you “choose” to read, the people you “choose” to meet, and the places you ‘choose’ to visit. My life changed this summer because of where we chose to go, China! After the death of my father in 1988, I buried my head in the world of martial arts. I became a ‘dojo rat’ as they say. All day it was practice, practice, practice. Once I had somewhat developed my skills I was taught to teach, but it really wasn’t teaching, it was learning as I…

I was asked one time, if given a super teaching power what would it be? Instantly I replied telepathy, because if I could know the many needs of my students, I could design appropriate instruction that would best fit their needs. With proper instruction the classroom environment is supportive of diverse learners, students are actively engaged in the lesson, and students’ ideas are respected and explored. Without this great respect for learning, the students’ problem behaviors emerge and become…

The Tang Dynasty’s political philosophy, meritocracy is one of the most exceptional, innovative methods of choosing government officials. The dynasty shows it’s trustworthy and fairness to the people of China by giving people even the peasants and the traders a chance to see if they have the skills and the brains to help China become a prosperous, successful country it had ever been. The government…

of poverty. China achieved all the Millennium Development Goals by the year 2015 and made a major contribution to the success of the MDGs globally.” Becoming the second largest economy globally. The tribute system offered the bases for the T’ang dynasty to form the hu-shih chien, the supervision of trade market. Providing a ladder to the development of the Kwangchow trade system which possessed more detailed customs in the agreements established with foreigners. Which later lead to the system…

silver. Silver was so influential that the Ming government in China required all taxes to be paid in silver. Silver had many economic and social effects because it expanded trading connections with Asia, caused inflation, and the forced labor class had a hard life in its production. The network of silver flow was very important to all of the players in producing and trading silver. Some of the most important players were colonized Spanish America, Ming China, and the British. Japan was also an…

Later on during 1624 in China the Ming dynasty let a eunuch have ability to deny government service to anyone he thinks are disloyal to him then some confucius people rebelled against that system but failed the six people leading the rebellion were tortured and there 700 supporters are then…

You and Me Can Slow Down Technology Have you ever worried when a new form of technology has been presented to the world? Did you think the world would benefit from it? Brooke Gladstone says in her graphic text “The Influencing Machine” that technology innovations actually benefit the world and there is no reason to panic over them. Gladstone makes her inquiry in response to many writers’ publications, the main being Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making us Stupid?” Gladstone refers to Carr’s…