Analyze MING AND QING CHINA 1368-1796 — Ming founding 1368, Zheng He voyages 1405-1433 PRECEDING Columbus by 87 years, Ming print culture, Manchu Qing conquest 1644, Kangxi/Qianlong reigns, and the 1793 Macartney Mission — refusing 'Chinese isolation' Eurocentric framing
Exercise
Difficulty 5
~15 min
hist.g7.s.ex_53
Claim Evidence Warrant
Prompt
Write a 300-word claim-evidence-warrant essay 'Why did Ming withdraw from oceanic voyages 1433?' Refuse 'incapacity' framing per Brook 2010 + Dreyer 2007.
How it's presented
mode
text
Answer criteria
type
rubric essay
rubric
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- 3
- criterion
- Refusal of 'incapacity' framing
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- 3
- criterion
- Strategic Confucian-bureaucratic decision
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- 3
- criterion
- Mongol-frontier + Grand Canal redirected resources
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- 3
- criterion
- Manila Galleon continuity 1565-1815
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- 3
- criterion
- Brook + Dreyer cited
Hints
- Eunuch admiral Zheng He's faction lost court power.
- Ming continued maritime trade through Manila Galleon.
Misconceptions to watch
- Treating 1433 withdrawal as 'failure'
- Ignoring continuing Ming trade
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