China and Japan
Isabella Cruz
The Forbidden City
CHINA
MING DYNASTY
Leaders
- Hongwu - first Ming Dynasty emperor
- Yonglo - moved royal court to Beijing (The Forbidden City)
- Zheng He - led all of the seven voyages
The Forbidden City
- biggest complex of palaces in the world
- emperors live there and administer the Empirial government
QING DYNASTY
Manchurians
- people of Manchuria
- took over the Ming dynasty
- expanded China's borders
Kangxi
- contributed greatly to the acceptance of the new dynasty
- reduced government expenses and lowered taxes
- gained the support of intellectuals by offering them government jobs
Trade With Europe
- blocked trade completely from the British
JAPAN
Japan Shoguns
- the actual ruler
- was often the hereditary military governors of Japan
- system of rule
- centralized the Japanese government
- moved the capital to Tokugawa (Tokyo)
Closed Country Policy
- policy of isolationism
- kept the Europeans out in order to avoid any adaptation of any European culture or traditions