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The Hongwu Era begins in 1368, when Zhu Yuanzhang leads an army into Beijing.
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Zhu Yuanzhang became know as the Hongwu, or "grand military achievements," the Hongwu Emperor led his armies across Asia, eventually controlling all of modern-day China and making vassal states of Korea and Central and Southern Asia
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Census reports indicated that, under the reigns of the Hongwu and the Yongle emperors, China's population reached 60 million persons.
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in 1368 Ming Taizo was able to push the Mongols out of China he had a great millitry mind. In history he was the only emporer to have ever come from a peasant family
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Despite Hongwu's warnings eunuchs became increasingly power in the court. later emperors grew very fond of the eunuchs, who helped raise them thus the rank and duties of many eunuchs gardually increased
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He was the third Emperor of the dynasty he came to power through a civil war where he seizied the throne frome his nephew
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In order to increase scholarship and strengthen the literary and historical tradtions of China, the Yongle Emperor established the Hanlin Academy. Modeled on Song Dynasty learning institutions the Hanlin served as a center of scholary study and discussion, bringing eminent scholars and artists together and offering a varitey of courses for students soon an additional 300 such academies were founded across China. The Academy produced the great Encyclopedia of the Yongle Period.
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the literati followed the way of Confucianism it had been around 2,000 year and had changed one of the most famous men that rewrote Confuucianism was Wang Yangming
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headedby Li Mengyang and He Jingming in the reigns of Hongzhi and Zengde
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this was a socisl class that had dominated china they controled a good majority the empier they had study from when they were little to make sure they were perpared to take a test to get in to the postion they wanted it was kind of like our conegress
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he was born in Jiangsu province even when he was young he was well know as a poet he liked to write about the behavor of animals. He was also the aouther of the Monkey King
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Wang Shizhen had discovered almost 1,000 drugs that listed dangers, therapis, and the properitis the drugs where derived from plants, animal, and minerals
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Was headed by Wang Shizhen and Li Panlong during the regins of Jiajing and Longqing
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As the Hongwu emperor sought to regain control of China, he sent armies into Mongolia to break the Mongol forces that remained. He managed to conquer and pacify Mongol chieftains by giving them titles, honors, and guardianship ofthe border. However, problems along the Mongol Frontier worsened and, until the fall of the dynasty the Ming would constantly have to deal with the "Mongol problem"
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The Ming suffered numerous raids from Japanese pirates, who would prowl the Chinese coastline, occasionally raiding small towns and villages. Despite constant patrolling the Ming were helpless to stop the priates
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Beginning with the Hongwu emperor and throught the Wanli emperor, the Ming set up a tribute system as the dominant power in East Asia.
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In the 1600s the Queen of England wore silk from China becuause it showed power and rank in the court. the dammaned for goods from where so high the chineses were able expaned all there routs cocause of the need
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One of the scholar had estimated that 50% of the imperial income was from the high taxes placed on the merchents
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Composed of ex-Confucian scholar-offcials, the Donglin Party was intent on returning C
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before the end of the dynasty about 18 year the goverment was forced stop riots. There was a big riot in 1626 in the southern city Suzhou
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A majority of the provinces in Northwest China experienced severe famines. At the same time, a young postal worker from that area named Li Zicheng lost his job due to unwise econmic administrative policies.
