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The Ming dynasty (⫽ m ɪ ŋ ⫽ MING), officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Han people, the majority ethnic group in China.
- Rise of The Ming Dynasty
- Taizu
- Ming Dynasty Trade
- Ming Porcelain
- Great Wall of China
- Matteo Ricci
- Ming Dynasty Literature
- Fall of The Ming Dynasty
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Ming dynasty founder Emperor Hongwu, or Zhu Yuanzhang, was born into poverty, and spent part of his youth wandering the country after his parents died following a series of natural disasters centered around the Yellow River. He spent several years begging for a Buddhist monastery, and several more living there, but that life came to an end when a m...
Emperor Taizu’s empire was one of military discipline and respect of authority, with a fierce sense of justice. If his officials did not kneel before him, he would have them beaten. Taizu was considered a suspicious ruler who transformed his palace guard into a form of secret police to root out betrayals and conspiracies. In 1380, he began an inter...
Taizu was succeeded by his 15-year-old grandson, but one of Taizu’s sons, Chengzu, ignited a civil war to take the throne. From 1405 to 1433, Chengzu launched ambitious flotillas to expand the Chinese tribute system to other countries, sending ships to India, the Persian Gulf and the east coast of Africa, pre-dating European efforts of similar scop...
One of the best-loved exports of the Ming Dynasty was its porcelain. Created by grinding china-stone, mixing it with china-clay and then baking until translucent, the technique was developed during the Tang Dynasty, but perfected in the Ming era. An imperial porcelain factory was created in Jingdezhen in 1368 to produce wares for the imperial court...
Maintenance of the Great Wall of Chinawas not consistent throughout the history of China, and by the time of the Ming Dynasty, it required significant repair work. The Mongols were a constant threat to the citizens of the Ming Dynasty, and the Great Wall was believed to be the most effective defense against invasion. After several clashes, the Mong...
Christian missionaries from Europe also began to enter the country and provided the world with the first glimpses of life in China. Matteo Ricci was a Jesuit priest from Italy who, in 1583, started the first Catholic mission in China. Ricci learned Chinese, translated Chinese classic literature into Latin and wrote a series of books about the count...
The Ming Dynasty saw a publishing boom in China, with an avalanche of affordable books being produced for commoners. Reference books were popular, as well as religious tracts, school primers, Confucian literature and civil service examination guides. There was a sizable market for fiction, especially for stories written in colloquial language. Writ...
Ming rule was partly undone by enormous fiscal problems that resulted in a calamitous collapse. Several factors contributed to the financial trouble. The Imperial clan became overstuffed and paying all the clan’s members became a severe burden. Military campaigns had also become a significant drain on the empire’s purse, with efforts in Korea and J...
The Troubled Empire. Timothy Brook. Cambridge Illustrated History of China. Patricia Buckley Ebrey. The Dynasties of China. Bamber Gascoigne.
Learn about the Ming Dynasty, which ruled China from 1368 to 1644 and expanded its trade with the outside world. Discover its achievements, culture, challenges and fall in this overview.
Ming dynasty, Chinese dynasty that lasted from 1368 to 1644 and provided an interval of native Chinese rule between eras of Mongol and Manchu dominance, respectively. During the Ming period, China exerted immense cultural and political influence on East Asia.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
At its height, the Ming dynasty had a population of 160 million people, [1] while some assert the population could actually have been as large as 200 million. [2] Ming rule saw the construction of a vast navy and a standing army of 1,000,000 troops. [3]
Feb 6, 2019 · The Ming dynasty was established following the collapse of the Mongol rule of China, known as the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). The Yuan had been beset by famines, plagues, floods, widespread banditry, and peasant uprisings.
- Mark Cartwright
- China's Ming dynasty was famous for replacing Mongol rule, increasing trade, constructing Beijing's Forbidden City, and exporting Ming porcelain.
- The Ming dynasty fell because of abuses of power by the ruling class, expensive wars against the Mongols and Japan, and the ambitions of the Manchu...
- China's Ming dynasty was started by Zhu Yuanzhang who initially rebelled against the government's use of forced labour on large construction projects.
Jun 21, 2024 · History of China - The Ming dynasty: Ineptitude on the throne, bureaucratic factionalism at court, rivalries among Mongol generals, and ineffective supervision and coordination of provincial and local administration had gravely weakened the Yuan government by the 1340s.
The Ming dynasty (1368–1644) arose following a series of natural disasters that hit China during the early and middle 1300s, adding to the misery of a people under the harsh rule of the Mongol Yuan dynasty (1279–1368).
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