The era of the Three... «The History Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained)»
snoomrick29 мая 2024The era of the Three Emperors was conservative in many ways: Han Chinese men were required to wear the Manchu hairstyle, in which the front and sides of the head were shaved, and the remaining hair plaited into a braid; society was rigidly hierarchical, and there were strict conventions regarding the conduct of women, laws against homosexuality, and censorship. Yet the country’s economy grew substantially in the early part of the Qing period, thanks to a strong demand in the West for luxury products such as silk, porcelain, and tea. However, by the beginning of the 19th century, the regime’s repressive treatment of the Han Chinese people, together with famine and widespread addiction to opium—which had been brought into China by European traders— had sent the country into decline. These factors sowed the seeds of rebellions, trading disputes, and wars with European trading partners in the mid-19th century.
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