Unit 2 - The First Global Age - Ming Dynasty - Part 1Essential Question: What were the historical circumstances for the founding of the Ming Dynasty?Objective: Describe the historical circumstances that led to the founding of the Ming Dynasty.Part 1 - What is the Dynastic Cycle and the Mandate of Heaven?➡ Directions: Examine the image and read the text below, then answer the questions abou
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Unit 2 - The First Global Age - Ming Dynasty - Part 1
Essential Question: What were the historical circumstances for the founding of the Ming Dynasty?
Objective: Describe the historical circumstances that led to the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
Part 1 - What is the Dynastic Cycle and the Mandate of Heaven?
➡ Directions: Examine the image and read the text below, then answer the questions about the dynastic cycle and Mandate of Heaven.
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The dynastic cycleis a political theory in Chinese
history. Dynasties are ruling families who usually
identify their time in power with their family name. For
example, the Qin Dynasty (ruled 221-207 BCE) and Han
Dynasty (206 BC–220 AD).
The dynastic cycle theory is similar to the ideas of
empires, that dynasties gain and lose power over time.
All dynasties that rise, will eventually fall. When
dynasties gain power, their success is seen as evidence
that they have the Mandate of Heaven. A mandate is
the authority to do something. The Mandate of Heaven
was the authority to rule China, given by the gods, or
heaven.
Dynasties claimed that they had the mandate of heaven
to support their claim to rule. They did this usually by
winning wars against other groups competing for power,
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