Yongzheng Emperor

a prominent civilization that governed itself to being subject to western power. A complete 180-degree flip in less than 100 years. Throughout the 1700s, the Chinese Imperial System was led by the Qing Empire under the rule of Emperor Yongzheng and his son Qianlong Emperor. Within the 73 years that the two of them led China, the country saw the most prosperous…

Explain the apparent military decline of East Asia after 1700 East Asia had been regarded as one of the most military advanced region of the globe since the early firearms were invented by the Chinese before the Europeans perfected them. Indeed, the earliest known formula for gunpowder is found in a Chinese work dating from the 800s. This allowed the Chinese to apply it to warfare through producing a variety of gunpowder weapons among them rockets, bombs, mines, and rockets before inventing the…

means to protect the quality of the stone. (Crow Museum). The figurines of the dragon are strongly depicted with pointed ears, sharp teeth and a twisted snake body helping reinforce the idea of strength and domination. Corresponding this, the Kangxi emperor had the main goal of running an effective government at a low expense, he reformed the empire by utilizing military force. The maintenance of a balanced government came from the Confucian philosophy, as well as Buddhist and Daoist teachings…