The Qing Dynasty was the most powerful dynasty to rule China. Qing means pure and clean. In 1625‚ Nurhaci conquered the Ming(former dynasty ruling china) city of shenyang and made it the capital. The Qing was established in 1636. The ones that had the idea to create a new dynasty were not Chinese but descendants of the Jurchen‚ a group from the far north-east of China who had abandoned the term Jurchen‚ associated with historical submission to Chinese rule‚ and instead called themselves Manchu
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Why the Qing Dynasty Fell The main reason why the Qing Dynasty fell was Western influence. China was a very ethnocentric country and they chose to be isolated form the rest of the world. Their isolation caused them to fall behind the West‚ so many of the Western advancements caught them unprepared. Although the Western influence did cause the fall of the Dynasty‚ the weakening of the dynasty was already occurring because of the dynastic cycle. Government was less efficient‚ intellectual life declined
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government in 1618. When the Ming were overthrown by the invasion‚ the Manchu people started the Qing dynasty. The people were very sceptical about accepting their rule but the Qing based their rule closely off of the Ming and soon people accepted the new dynasty. This dynasty was successful 268 years but fell due to loss of power and rebellions. While the Qing contributed to the fall of China’s last dynasty the West bears the most responsibility
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The Boxers throughout the length of the Rebellion aimed to influence and enforce their views upon the Chinese people and the ruling Qing dynasty. This group‚ comprised primarily of adolescents from Northern China‚ aimed to rid their country from economic manipulation‚ political invasion‚ the influence of foreign ideas and to eradicate Christianity from China. These aims were conveyed through a series of significant actions performed between 1899 and 1901 which included those such as: attacks on Chinese
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The Decline of the Qing Dynasty In 1636‚ the Manchus founded the Qing Dynasty. However‚ the Ming Dynasty still held the Mandate of Heaven until 1644 when the Ming Dynasty “lost power through military force” and the Mandate of Heaven was passed to the Qing Dynasty (Essentials of Modern Chinese History 2). The Qing Dynasty continued the policies of the Ming Dynasty with minor changes. The Qing lasted for 268 years and was the last dynasty ruled by a sovereign king (http://www.learn.columbia.edu/nanxuntu/start
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again by foreigners. During the Qing Dynasty‚ these new rulers had tried to introduce new changes. But‚ the people weren’t happy about these new changes‚ so the changes failed until the Qing began to force them upon the people. But‚ that didn’t work because the Qing only had one minor change that forced upon the male population which was the hairstyle all men had to have; a queue. Although some changes were successful‚ a majority of the changes were failures. The Qing failed to assimilate the Chinese
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Self-strengthening movement‚ hundred Days Reform and late Qing reform. They all aimed at strengthening China. However‚ all of them ended in failure for many reasons. There were mainly six reasons: Empress Dowager Cixi’s role‚ the opposition from conservatives‚ lack of careful planning‚ lack of capital‚ corruption and the rising popularity of revolutionary movement. First‚ Cixi was the biggest problem in carrying out the reforms. The Qing government was controlled by her. From the beginning‚ she
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The fall of the Qing Dynasty was triggered by the ‘Double Tenth’ on 10 October 1911 at Wuchan where troops refused to obey an order to suppress a group of dissidents causing a mutiny. This undermined the control of the Qing government as their imperial army was no match for the Chinese military who had invested in modernisation. However‚ it can be argued that other factors such as Sun Yatsen’s influence‚ Yuan Shikai’s double crossing‚ the existing weaknesses of the Qing‚ and foreign intervention
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The Ming and Qing Dynasties had similarities such as social structures and examination systems. Both empires had an upper‚ middle‚ and lower level to society. The highest class was composed of the emperor and his family‚ scholar bureaucrats‚ and landowners. Below them were peasants‚ artisans‚ and merchants‚ and the last class were slaves‚ indentured servants‚ and beggars. Interestingly‚ the merchants were considered the least valuable of the middle class because the Ming and Qing Confucian principles
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and the Qing empires were both very successful and both lasted a long time. The Ottoman was founded in the 13th century by Osman I and ruled by his descendants until its dissolution after World War I. Originally a small state controlled by Ottoman or Osmanli Turks‚ it spread rapidly‚ superseding the Byzantine Empire in the east. The Qing dynasty lasted for almost 300 years‚ extended China’s borders farther than they had ever been before‚ and perfected the Chinese imperial system. The Qing empire appeared
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