Qing and Ming

READ Strayer, pg. 421-424.
WRITE a blog post comparing the Qing methods of dealing with diversity with those of the Islamic Empires.
LABEL the post: First Name, Qing.

Overall, the Qing dynasty encouraged diversity far more than the Islamic empires. The Safavid empire, while very ethnically and linguistically diverse, was a Shia Islamic state, and so did not allow any religious diversity. The Mughals were not very diverse ethnically and linguistically, but were far more accepting of other religions. The creation of a fusion of Hinduism and Islam shows an acceptance for both, but could also be seen as having a feeling of needing to make the empire have one main religion, rather than multiple, which could be seen as attempting to un-diversify (that isn't a word, is it?) themselves. The Ottomans were far more lenient of different peoples than the Mughals and Safavids, although not quite as welcoming to differences as the Qing. The Ottomans allowed different religions, ethnicities and languages, although strongly encouraged conversion to Islam and heavily taxed those who did not.
The Qing were in favor of diversity, and saw the benefits that could be gained from it. When the Chinese took over large areas around Mongolia, they did not do so for want of power or to try to attempt to force others to accept their culture, but because they felt threatened, showing that their aims were not to do things to lessen diversity, like so many others have done. The Qing, having takn over large areas with many different ethnicities, religions, and languages, did not seek to convert everyone, and instead used important figures of different cultures to rule their own people, which made such a large empire far easier to control. The Chinese also tried to keep different cultures separate, such as when they did not allow native Chinese to move to a predominantly Mongol area, because they thought that by doing so they could continue getting good fighters from the Mongols. Although the Qing used diversity for their own gain, they were still far more accepting of different peoples than most of the Muslim Empires.