Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Ming Dynasty
- The start
- Peasant rebel, Zhu Yuanzhang, led
an army to defeat the Mongols
- Named the Dynasty "Ming"
- Means "brilliant"
- Chinese revolted against
Mongols
- Revolted because Chinese tired of culture
being squished by the Mongols
- Economy and Culture
- Farming improved greatly in
order to sustain the larger
population of China
- New technologies helped
economic advancement
- Art and literature advanced greatly
- Artists created porcelain
- Ming porcelain vases became very valuable
- Writers created the first
detective stories
- Zheng He
- Chinese admiral and
diplomat
- Sea voyager and trader
- Fleets consisted of: 62 large ships
and 200 smaller ones
- Larger ships were 400 ft. long
- Died in 1435
- After death, emperor
banned ships with
more than 2 masts
- Ships eventually fell into disrepair
- Returning Chinese culture
- Reestablishing
Confucianism importance
- Moved the capital to more Chinese
influenced cities
- First: Nanjing
- Second: Beijing
- Restarted the civil
service exam
- Became more "rigorous"
than before
- Created the "board of censors" to
prevent corruption in the
government