The Ming Dynasty

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The Ming Dynasty

     The Ming Dynasty was founded by Zhu Yuanzhang, a former
Buddist monk who became leader of a band of peasant rebels.
Suffering greatly under Mongol rule, Zhu eventually came to
reconquer most of China and claim himself the �Hongwu
Emperor.� Once again, China�s gorvernance was restored to the
great population.

     Under the Hongwu emperor, there was a revival of the
examination system ensure that Chinese schoarship was of the
highest caliber, and that merit played role in advancement.
Members of the scholar-gentry were again appointed to the
highest posts in the Imperial government.

     Throughout the Ming dynasty, arts and literature
flourished. There was a great revival of traditional Han
�Chinese� culture. At this point the Chinese were so proud of
Ming culture that there waas a general sense of nationalism was
so profound that, by the early 1430�s, it was a factor causing
the cessation of the famous Zhenghe

seaborne expeditions, an effort to explore several other parts
of the known world.

     The Ming dynasty was the last native imperial dynasty in
Chinese history. Sandwiched between two foriegn dynasties, the
Ming stand one last attempt to hold Chinese government in
native hands. Humiliated and oppressed by the foriegn rule of the
Mongols, the Ming dynasty rises up out of a peasant rebellion to
preside over the greatist economic and social revolution in
China before the modern period. The Ming are also the fir...

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