Question

Which of the following powerful empires purposely isolated itself by avoiding global trade early in its history?

A. The Ottoman Empire
B. The Safavid Empire
C. The Ming dynasty
D. The Kingdom of Portugal

Answer 1

c: the ming

Step-by-step explanation:

Rulers in china started to become fearful of the influcene of westerners and others that were coming to trade in China. As a result, they started to but off trading ties with them as well as ban certain people to come into their lands so that they could have as little contact with them as possible. The reason that they stopped trade even though it was a large part of their economy was because the main reason that people met up and shared ideas in the first place was trade. Without trade you wouldn't have hundreds of peopl coming in and out or interacting with chinese citizens and merchants.

Answer 2

The correct answer is C The Mind Dynasty. After a period of maritime explorations n the early 15th century, the Ming Dynasty started shutting the Middle Kingdom out of the rest of the world. This of course continued with the Qing, and the empire remained largely isolated until the 19th century, because of foreign "initiative."