The Ming Dynasty

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The Ming Dynasty

• By Jay Simpson

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The Cause

• Mongol rule of China had reached its end due to
  civil war and increasing accent of the sedentary
  Chinese Way of Life
• Multiple Natural Disasters destroyed the Mongol
  Military
• Mandate of Heaven shifted to a new leader, Zhu
  Yuanzhang, who sparked the Ming Dynasty in 1368
• The Capital was to be Nanjing, now known as
  Beijing

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When?

• The Ming Dynasty officially started in 1368
• This Dynasty spanned for three centuries after
  the fall of the Mongols (1271-1368) and the rise
  of the Manchu Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)

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Positive Gains

• The Ming Dynasty reunited a term of proper
  China, taking out insurgents and cleaning up the
  lifestyles of its followers
• They obtained control of multiple foreign
  territories

• Took the Mongols to the North
• Occupied the Western Regions
• Governed Tibet in the South and South-West
• Conquered the Nuzhen from the North-East

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Why so Prosperous?

• The Ming Dynasty was highly prosperous due to the
  agrarian-centered society
• The sciences and arts boomed to new levels as
  population soared to 1 million strong
• They truly believed they were a perfect
  civilization
• New crops including maize and corn flourished
  through agriculture advances
• They also completed the Great Wall which still
  stands to this day

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The Final Days

• Increased attacks by the Mongols as well as
  Japanese insurgency strikes, the economy was
  weakened by the early 1600s
• Peasant uprising sparked in 1627 which dealt the
  Empire a harsh blow
• Rebels took out the Capital in 1644, clearing way
  for the Manchu to invade and conquer the land of
  the Ming