Mongols

meant to develop relationships in the Indian Ocean in order to foster trade. Eventually, the Ming emperors were no longer interested in the Treasure Fleet due to the fact that they were more concerned with the Mongols and Manchus that were threatening to China’s northern frontiers. The Mongols even led the emperor to move the capital away from the northern borders to what is present day Beijing. The Treasure Fleet during China’s Ming Dynasty proves that China had the navigational tools and…

From 650 CE to 1750 CE the commercial life in the Indian Ocean Region changed dramatically due to the fall of the Mogul Empire. This affected the region that the Indian Ocean Region traded with. There was also a battle over control of the Indian Ocean Trade Region between the Arabs and the Portuguese, which shaped who controlled the trade region, the new goods that Europe received from the Americas, which affected the function of the coastal and semi-coastal, economic cities, the improvement of…

Australia • China-born people in Australia predominately speak Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese at home (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2011). • The majority of China-born people speak English well or very well (67.1%), whilst approximately 32% do not speak English well or at all (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2011). China • Mandarin is the official language of the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan. • Chinese people from Hong Kong and the Guangdong province of the People’s Republic of…

ruled by dynasties. Another thing was that China’s first dynasty was the Qin dynasty. China ruled with the feudal system in its early years. Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism, were the main three religions in china. China’s main enemies were the mongols. But the most important thing about china is that they were ruled by dynasties. The important thing about reformation is that it started in 1517 when Martin Luther nailed the 95 theses to the door of castle church. Another important thing is…

example. Back then, to get to China or Asia, one would have to travel through the horrible Gobi Desert but that is what they said. Marco Polo thought otherwise and experimented. The discovery of the Silk Road birthed from this attitude. Europe, the Mongol Empire, and Asia would have undergone dissimilar paths in history than they did if Marco didn’t showcase the value of exploration and…

be spread due to the large abundance of trade that was taking place under the Pax Mongolica. Merchants traveling along brought the Bubonic Plaque from China and took it all the way to Egypt where it was then spread westward. In addition, when the Mongols attacked the Italian merchants near modern day Crimea, they spread the plaque from themselves to the Italians who then went on to spread it into Europe. Some Chinese records, even support the claim that the Black Death originated in Mongolia and…

In Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jered Diamond attempts to revolutionize the way we think about Europe’s rise to superiority. He tries to do this by proposing that Europe’s rise was the direct result of geography. Diamond believes geography gave the Europeans access to the best crops, and granted Europeans access to thirteen of the fourteen large, domesticized mammals. According to Diamond, these two fortunate circumstances allowed Europeans to develop societies that gave people the option to have a…

Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was one of the many significant dynasties in China. It succeeded from 1368 to 1644 for a total of 276 years. It was the fourth longest Dynasty out of thirteen dynasties, and the last ethnic Chinese dynasty between the Mongol-led Yuan and Manchurian Qing Dynasties. Da Ming, meaning “Great Brightness” inspired Zhu YuanZhang to name his new dynasty, “The Ming Dynasty”. What effects did the Ming Dynasty have on its’ era and how did the reign begin and end? This paper…

In this class there has been numerous reoccurring themes. One of these themes was how religion has changed cultures completely and has also been pivotal reason why some wars were started. Throughout the class we have also discussed many different powerful leaders and how they shaped their culture for good and bad. These leaders also changed the way some military tactics were used back then to create more efficient ways of fighting. There have been some major empires that rose to power through…

This integration allowed for a society that started to become an advanced city culture. The progress that was made during this time period was destroyed by the invading Mongols who oppressed the people for almost three centuries. It wasn 't until the founding of Moscow that the Russian people were able to shirk the Mongol oppression, and once again continue to progress their society further. As with virtually every culture in history once a society starts to reach a certain size, there…