Question

The Chinese belief that China was the Middle Kingdom is an example of

Answer 1

Ethnocentrism, the belief that one’s own country is the “center” of the world in a cultural or historical standpoint

Answer 2

Ethnocentrism

Step-by-step explanation:

As China decided to isolate from nearby cultures like Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt and the Europeans. A belief of a special civilization and way of life in China emerged to differentiate it from other societies.

Still, China ruled other Asian peoples in south and central Asia, these nations were vassal states. As China developed a authonomous cvilization civilization. They had the notion of having cultural superiority to their counterparts.

The clear demonstration of this comes as the name of China in its original refers to the "Middle Kingdom", the center of everything, that which is in the middle of the world.