Question

In what ways was the European Renaissance similar to and different from the flowering of Chinese culture during the Ming and Qing dynasties?

Answer 1

There were many similarities between the European Renaissance and the Chinese culture during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Some of the similarities include the centralized government both cultures had adapted. Both the European Renaissance and the Ming and Qing dynasties experience a large cultural flowering. Both cultures set out on journeys to explore the world via ships. The motives for their centralized governments varied. China's centralized government focused on unity that encompassed almost their entire civilization. Europe had a divided system of many different and independent states but they all focused on Christendom. The cultural flowering of their civilizations differed in the fact that it sought to differentiate from its recent past and China's focused on adaptation of their pre-Mongol era. Both the Europeans and china set out in ships to explore the world but had very different reasons for their desire to explore.