In an Effort to Stabilize China Internally,the Ming Emperors

question 44

Multiple Choice

In an effort to stabilize China internally,the Ming emperors

• A) accepted the Yuan traditions that had been in place for a century.
• B) stressed Chinese traditions from the era before the Mongol Yuan dynasty.
• C) followed the more successful Indian centralization model.
• D) adopted the methods used by the powerful early modern European states.
• E) copied the centralizing techniques that had proved so successful in Japan.

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