Question

Using two of the following examples, show a change and a continuity in China between 1400 and 1750.

Answer 1

Answer:

Economic & Intellectual

Explanation:

Throughout the time period, China saw a huge shift in their economic means, while still keeping some values in situ. One of the most important changes was within the intellectual mindset that China held, fluidly moving from one ideology to the subsequent. At the beginning of the period, the Mongols began to break through the Great Wall under Genghis Khan, but the southern Song wasn't conquered until his grandson captured the capital. Under the Emperor Kublai Khan, China was unified, and its borders grew significantly. While the Mongols continued to remove the leading officials, many less powerful Confucian officials remained in place. It's seen that the Khan clearly respected Chinese customs and innovations, this holding cultural continuity. Another change within the economic world, is the fact that Kublai Khan and his successors put an excellent deal of effort into conquering more territory in Asia. They elevated the status of merchants, actions deeply hated by the Confucian bureaucrats. But, while trade flourished during the Tang and Song era, merchants had a way lower rank than scholars did, thus upholding the confucianism value of education.