🌍ap world history: modern review

Banner system

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A military and administrative organization used by the Qing dynasty to organize Manchu, Mongol, and Han Chinese forces and officials into hierarchical units based on colored banners.

AP course connection

Topic 3.2: 3.2 Governments of Land-Based Empires

Unit 3

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