Wednesday, May 20, 2009

china source 4

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/qing.htm




  1. The website of my source is http://www.travelchinaguide.com/


  2. My source is the Travel China Guide.


  3. The source doesn't have credentials.


  4. The source says

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

china source 3

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/later_imperial_china/qing.html
  1. http://www.mnsu.edu/
  2. Emuseum is the source.
  3. Credentials are none.
  4. The source says that the Qing Dynasty was the second time when all of China was ruled by foreigners, the Manchu. The first was during the Yuan Dynasty when China was completely controled by the Mongols. In terms of government, the Qing Dynasty adopted the form of government used by the Ming, with only minor adjustments. For example the positions were all dual positions, one Manchu and one Chinese were in the same position, with the Manchu having more power. The form of military organization that the Qing used was one of the best in the world. They organized their troops under banners, each of which was a separate unit. The number of banners grew from 8 in the beginning to 24. These fighting men were personally attached to the emperor, in fact he owned them. They were incredibly loyal to the emperor. The bannermen also functioned as a talent pool from which civil bureaucrats could be chosen.
  5. Yes I believe the source because it has artifacts from the Qing Dynasty in its museum so it shows that the facts that it talks about is true.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

china source 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchu
  1. The source is from the website Wikipedia.
  2. The source is Wikipedia.
  3. They don't have credentials.
  4. The source talks about and explains the history of the Manchu people and how they founded the Manchu Dynasty. During their rise in the seventeenth century with the help of Ming rebels, like Wu Sangui, the Manchu clan conquered the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty, which ruled China until the Xinhai Revolution of 1911, which established a republican government in its place. The Manchu ethnicity have largely been assimilated with the Han Chinese. The number of Chinese today with some Manchu ancestry is quite large, and the adoption of favorable policies towards ethnic minorities(such as preferential university admission and government employment opportunities) has encouraged some people with mixed-Han and Manchu ancestry to re-identify themselves as Manchu.
  5. Yes, I believe the source because it agrees with the other sources that I have looked up.

china source 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_Dynasty
  1. My source is from the website Wikipedia.
  2. My source is Wikipedia.
  3. They don't have credentials.
  4. The source says that the Qing Dynasty, also called the Manchu Dynasty, was the last ruling dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912. The dynasty was founded by the Manchu clan called Aisin Gioro in what is now northeast China (Manchuria). It was originally established as the Later Jin Dysnasty in 1616 but it later changed its name to "Qing" meaning "clear" or "pellucid" in 1636 and captured Beijing in 1644. During its reign, the Qing Dynasty became highly integrated with Chinese culture. However, its military power weakened during the 1800s, and faced with international pressure, massive rebellions and defeats in wars, the Qing Dynasty declined after the mid-19th century. The Qing Dynasty was overthrown following the Xinhai Revolution, when the Empress Dowager Longyu abdicated on behalf of the last emperor, Puyi, on February 12, 1912.
  5. Yes I believe my source because it gives supporting detail an backup to its information.