AUTOPSY OF AN EMPIRE

Qing China

Significant Leaders & Accomplishments

Social Structure

Art, Architecture ,Technological Advances

Labor Systems

Political Structure

Religious Beliefs

Economy / Trade

Summary

Autopsy Report

The Qing Dynasty has many interesting systems, structures, and religions. There empire lasted a long time before they fell. They had many technological advancements in main items used back then such as swords and armor which was used for fighting and war. They also had great leaders such as Nurhaci. There systems and accomplishments made them very unique from the other empires. The Qing Dynasty was a long lasting empire.

Corruption was one of the main reasons of the fall or the empire. A few other reasons are peasant unrest, ruler incompetence, and population growth. Ruler incompetency made it hard for the dynasty to stay strong as well as population growth with made people starve and some died from not having any food. It marked the end if the nations super long imperial history.

Emperors are at the top of the Ming Dynasty social structure. The four main classes are landlord, peasant, craftsmen, and merchant. Peasants and landlords constituted for the two major classes while craftsmen and merchants were the two minor classes. The Chinese divided themselves into different social structures. The Chinese believed that they were expected to behave according to what importance they were on the social structure.

The Ming Dynasty ruled China from 1368 to 1644 A.D.. Qing China achieved cultural advancements in porcelain, printing, literature, and architecture. Territory and population grew largely and gradually between 150 and 450 million people. Nurhaci was one of the main leaders of Ming China which ruled between 1616 to 1636 A.D.. Nurhaci was also the first true ruler of the Ming Dynasty whilst Xuantong was the last Emperor to rule the dynasty.

In the Qing Dynasty their religions include Tibetan Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Shamanism, Christianity, and many others

The Qing government was an imperial monarchy with authority vested in an emperor who served as head of state and head of government.

The Qing Dynasty added to the existing technology witch was battle armor. The Qing specialized in making armor lighter, which made it easier to move around and made it more agile for fighting in battles. Another thing that they advanced in existing technology was swords. They made their swords with bronze and iron and lengthened their swords to make it easier to impale people.

Porcelain trade in Qing China was an important trade throughout the Qing Dynasty. The porcelain that was traded reflected a transition of the influences that switched the way porcelain looked but its high demand in Europe.

The higher ups gain more control because there job is more important. They also get more land and money because of their job. The warriors have to protects the higher and lowers from dying from attacks, and the lowers have to work for the better of there economy. All of the people play an important role within their economy and with out things such as the social structure there would be chaos and fight for power.