Chinese+Reading+Questions

__Day 2__

I. The Holy Roman Empire- In the middle of modern day Germany - To get to China: Cut down all the way until the Indian Ocean and then go through Singapore and Malaysia to reach China

Emperor of Byzantium (Constantinople)- In modern day Istanbul, Turkey - To get to China: Could cut through Russia then down into China

Doge of Venice- In modern day Venice, Italy - To get to China: Go down to the Indian Ocean and then go through Singapore and Malaysia to reach China

Kings of England- In the modern day of central United Kingdom - To get to China: Go left to the Atlantic Ocean then cut down and go right until the Indian Ocean. Go through Malaysia and Singapore to reach China.

Kings of France- In modern day Versailles, France - To get to China: Go left to the Atlantic Ocean then cut down and go right until the Indian Ocean. Go through Malaysia and Singapore to reach China.

Kings of Castile- Center of modern day Spain - To get to China: Go south then right to the Indian Ocean. Cut through Singapore and Malaysia then reach China.

Kings of Portugal- Still located in modern day Portugal next to the Kingdom of Castile - To get to China: Go south then right to the Indian Ocean. Cut through Singapore and Malaysia then reach China.

II. The Yuan dynasty is much larger than the Ming dynasty. The Ming dynasty expands over more of the southern territory and the Yuan dynasty expands over more of the northern territory. This makes me generalize that the Yuan dynasty had more power during their rule because they ruled over a larger territory and I’m guessing that they had more people in their dynasty. The Ming dynasty consisted of a lot of fighting and distrust between Zhu Di and his father (Muslims). There was battle between them and the Mongols and between between Zhu Di’s nephew and Zhu Di himself. The Yuan dynasty consisted of Mongols and was ruled by Kublai Khan and his followers.

III. The Chinese thought they were above foreigners because the mandarins saw the eunuchs as uneducated and therefore, they thought that mandarins were better because they lived by the education of confucianism. - Menzie would expect the newly walled capital to contain 2,500,000 people and fifteen hundred times the area of walled London

IV. The Palace museum replaced the Forbidden city and the river that was next to the Forbidden city is still there in modern day next to the Palace Museum. I don’t notice any of the same city names though. I can find the Temple of heaven in both times. The bell tower and drum tower are still there and other temples’ names have changed in modern day China. Most things have been replaced by hospitals, hotels, restaurants, etc.

V. If the wall was 6,400 km long then I think it would be able to across most of the country if it was in a straight line going west from Beijing. It probably wouldn’t be able to go across the entire country, but probably the majority of the country.

VI. The ancient silk road would have gone through modern day Syria, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, China, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tadzhikistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan

__Day 3__


 * 1) Zhu Di did not truly understand what was happening to his rule because he was unaware of so many things like getting a stroke and being teated with an elixir containing mercury and arsenic that was probably poisoning him.
 * 2) Zhu Di was attacked by Le L’oi and his army and was defeated badly which caused him to abandon Vietnam. He then lost control of his cabinet, and China itself. The mandarins secretly hated the way Zhu Di ruled the empire and so they wanted to change how things were ruled in that empire. He also lost his loyal serving ministers and his cabinet became disintegrated.
 * 3) Ships were used as a major advantage to the Chinese empires because they could do many things like trade, and transport people and could be used when fighting. When their major strength was to be shut down, they had no further strengths to keep their empire really going and so I think that gave the Europeans a little more room to take over. The ships were the one major thing the Chinese used conveniently.