• How did the geography influence the isolation of China?
To the east lay the vast Pacific Ocean; to the south lay mountain ranges and dense jungles; in the north was the desolate Gobi Desert; and to the west towered the mountains of the Tibetan Plateau. In addition, the territorial extent of the Qing dynasty’s rule played an important part. Its borders stretched further than any other time in China’s history.
Everything was in range of the Chinese empire so nobody did need to get additional resources from other countries, therefore making China a self-supplying nation. Also, China was a very difficult nation to access and to depart, due to its significant geography, such as its mountains, jungles and deserts.
• What was the “Mandate of Heaven”?
The Mandate of Heaven is ancient to Chinese philosophy, since it’s a concept that has been known to …show more content…
They say that it displayed the weakness of the Qing dynasty and later on encouraged many new ideas, theories and encouraged China to reform.
On the other hand, the negatives out-weigh the positives. Many wars were waged on China, resulting in unfair treaties being made, there were many revolts and rebellious attempts and there was a high rate of unemployment, poverty, death and many other devastating effects that harmed China and its population throughout the 19th century.
In my opinion, the 19th century was a negative outcome for China because although new ideas, theories and technology were being introduced, these would not have been obtained with the unfair treaties looming over China, exposing China’s weakness. Also, as a result of these new ideas and theories, many Chinese began to question their beliefs and way of life, known to them for so long, causing many rebellious attempts and civil wars rising, that effected not only the government but the population as well. Similarly, because of