Though the Mongolian expansion led to devastation in both Russia and China, Mongol rule had positive long-term effects on both civilizations that eventually supported their rise as political and economic powers in the 15th and 16th centuries. Under Mongol rule, the economies of both civilizations grew; however, they expanded for different reasons. Chinaâs economy flourished after the re-opening of the Silk Roads, while many of Russiaâs princes became wealthy because of their ability to manipulate their roles as tribute collectors. Politically, China and Russia were influenced in different manners. As a result of Mongol contact, China became unified whereas the trace amount of Russian unity disintegrated.
CAC China Between the years 500 and 1750, China’s involvement in trade and decisions regarding global trade greatly affected their economy. China has always participated in local trade amongst Chinese societies, however new technologies brought change in the trading system and the people the Chinese traded with. There were also time periods of isolation from other countries that were established in order to have less western influence. Transitions with new rulers, advancements in technologies, and expansion of their empire caused for Chinese economic growth or continuance. Many foreign invaders tried to conquer the empires of China for thousands of years, one of which was actually successful.
As a result, books became less expensive, more people could afford them, more people learned to read and write, and helped to spread knowledge throughout China. The Mongols: They conquered all of China within 20 years. They didn’t let the old Chinese ruling class in government and kept their own language and customs. Kublai Khan, the Mongol’s leader used to welcome visitors from all over the world , one of them was Marco Polo who wrote about what he saw in Khan’s court, which caused trade between Europe and China to grow. Mongol rule in China came to an and when Chinese peasants led an uprising against the
Anonymous Person Mongol Essay Following the invasion of Mongols into Song China in 1260 CE, many aspects of traditional Chinese culture, such as the reordering of the social hierarchy and challenge to the Confucian way of thought, had been radically altered by the end of the Yuan Dynasty. The Mongol’s century-long interlude brought about many changes to China’s centuries-old social structure. Traditionally, artisans and merchants were looked down upon and placed at the bottom of the hierarchy simply because they conflicted with the Confucian way of thought with the aristocracy and the scholar-gentry resting at the top. When Kubilai Khan overtook the government, he promoted commerce and the arts, pushing the merchants and artisans to the top of the social structure, thus resulting in a loss of power for the scholar-gentry. His refusal, despite many Chinese officials’ futile efforts, to reinstate the examination system to administrative office, further weakened the scholars’ power by restraining their political involvement and keeping them below the Mongols in the social order.
This was instrumental in gathering support. Sneevliet and Borodin essentially organised both parties, the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party, however the Kuomintang had significantly a much higher membership than the Chinese Communist Party did. Moreover, The Soviet Union’s cadre also helped form the ideas of the Chinese Communist Party’s leadership and were therefore, also instrumental at its formation. The Soviet Union gave back concessions to China however, this only furthered the cause of Communism than any propaganda. The Chinese people could relate to the anti-Empire element of communism which attracted more Chinese people to support the Soviet Union and allow them to help aid the country to defeat the warlords in China and the Soviet Union be-giving the government in league with the warlords.
In fact, the hangman’s noose became known as Stolypin’s necktie. It may have seemed that Stolypin helped peasants but actually a lot of poorer peasants were forced to sell their land and work for other peasants. Overall life did not get much better for people in Russia, there were many signs that life should have improved like the creation of the Dumas but life did not actually improve enough to
Chiang faced many problems during his period as Nationalist leader, one of which being the insurance that all warlords were defeated, especially the powerful warlord Zhang Zuolin of Manchuria, and that China would be united under one leader. Additionally, Chiang had to deal with the treat of both the Communists and the Japanese. However, Chiang did pass many policies in his period as leader in order to stabilise the Chinese economy due to the vast inflation
Change Over Time Essay During the time period of 300-1300 CE, the Sui, Tang, Song, and Yuan empires had all come to power in China. All of which contributed to the changes and continuities that occurred in China during that time period. The Sui Empire (581-618 C.E.) of China was very important because it sprang from the political diversity of the period of disunion. After the fall of the Han Empire there was a vacuum of political instability.
In 1949, the loss of the war by the GMD wasn’t mainly because the CCP were too strong for them but because they had many flaws and corruption within the bureaucracy. It all began in 1911, when the Qing Dynasty collapsed due to the overpowered alliance of foreign imperialist armies, which caused their authority to decrease. Furthermore in 1916, consequences of the failure in democracy established by the GMD (Guo Ming Dang) were resulted in dividing China under the rule of provincial military generals otherwise known as warlords, and struggled to maintain power in China. Later in 1927 although the GMD managed to reclaim power and unify China under the leadership of Chiang Kai-Shek, not too long in 1931 the Japanese War broke out causing the GMD to lose power and authority furthermore at the same time this served as a chance to rise for Chinese communist party (CCP). Throughout the Japanese invasion in 1937 all over China, they conquered the military and economic strongholds of the GMD, hence coercing them to retreat back to their capital Chueng King leaving them politically powerless and economically paralyzed.
I agree to an extent, that Bloody Sunday was the most important cause of the 1905 revolution because it acted as a trigger for the revolution, however there are other factors to be taken into account, as Bloody Sunday was also caused by economic factors, political factors, social factors and other short-term events, such as the Russo-Japanese war. Economic factors played a key role in causing the 1905 Revolution. One economic factor that helped cause Bloody Sunday was Witte’s economic reforms; he placed extra taxation on the peasantry and encouraged the rapid growth of towns and cities. The extra taxation led to great resentment from the peasantry who began to support radicals such as the SRs, who played a part in the 1905 Revolution. These taxations also led to strikes and demonstrations becoming commonplace so could have caused Bloody Sunday itself.