In the Age of New Imperialism that began in the 1870s, European states established vast empires mainly in Africa, but also in Asia and the Middle East. ... European nations pursued an aggressive expansion policy that was motivated by economic needs that were created by the Industrial Revolution.
<span>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.</span>
