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The Ming Dynasty

The Ming Dynasty. By: Jay Simpson. 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

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The Ming Dynasty

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  1. The Ming Dynasty By: Jay Simpson

  2. 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

  3. 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)

  4. The Ming Dynasty reunited a term of ‘proper China’, taking out insurgents and cleaning up the lifestyles of it’s 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 Positive Gains

  5. 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

  6. 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

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