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  2. Ming dynasty - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Ming dynasty (/ mɪŋ / MING), [7] 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. Although the primary capital of Beijing ...

  3. History of the Ming dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The Ming dynasty (23 January 1368 – 25 April 1644), officially the Great Ming, founded by the peasant rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang, known as the Hongwu Emperor, was an imperial dynasty of China. It was the successor to the Yuan dynasty and the predecessor of the short-lived Shun dynasty, which was in turn succeeded by the Qing dynasty.

  4. Ming treasure voyages - Wikipedia

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    Tēⁿ Hô Hā Se-iûⁿ. The Ming treasure voyages were maritime expeditions undertaken by Ming China 's treasure fleet between 1405 and 1433. The Yongle Emperor ordered the construction of the fleet in 1403. The grand project resulted in seven far-reaching ocean voyages to the coastal territories and islands of the South China Sea and Indian ...

  5. History of Ming - Wikipedia

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    The History of Ming is the final official Chinese history included in the Twenty-Four Histories. It consists of 332 volumes and covers the history of the Ming dynasty from 1368 to 1644. It was written by a number of officials commissioned by the court of Qing dynasty, with Zhang Tingyu as the lead editor. The compilation started in the era of ...

  6. Four Great Inventions - Wikipedia

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    The four inventions do not necessarily summarize the achievements of science and technology in ancient China. The four inventions were regarded as the most important Chinese achievements in science and technology, simply because they had a prominent position in the exchanges between the East and the West and acted as a powerful dynamic in the ...

  7. Yongle Emperor - Wikipedia

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    Chinese. 朱棣. Transcriptions. The Yongle Emperor (2 May 1360 – 12 August 1424), personal name Zhu Di, was the third emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1402 to 1424. Zhu Di was the fourth son of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder of the Ming dynasty. He was originally enfeoffed as the Prince of Yan in May 1370, [1] with the capital of ...

  8. List of emperors of the Ming dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The Ming dynasty was a dynasty of China that existed from 1368 to 1644, succeeding the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty and falling amidst much political turmoil to the short-lived Shun dynasty. Sixteen emperors ruled over the whole of China proper spanning 276 years.

  9. Economy of the Ming dynasty - Wikipedia

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    Economy of the Ming dynasty. A gold ingot excavated from the Dingling Mausoleum, the tomb of the Wanli Emperor (r. 1572–1620) The economy of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) of China was one of the largest in the world during that period. [citation needed] It is regarded as one of China's three major golden ages (the other two being the Han and ...