Ming dynasty

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Great Ming
大明
1368–1644
Ming China in 1415 during the reign of the Yongle Emperor
Ming China around 1580
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Preceded by Succeeded by Yuan dynasty Shun dynasty Southern Ming dynasty
Preceded by
Yuan dynasty
Shun dynasty
Southern Ming dynasty
Today part of
Remnants of the Ming dynasty ruled southern China until 1662, and Taiwan until 1683 a dynastic period which is known as the Southern Ming. ¹The numbers are based on estimates made by CJ Peers in Late Imperial Chinese Armies: 1520–1840 ²According to A. G. Frank, ReOrient: global economy in the Asian Age, 1998, p. 109 ³According to A. Maddison, The World Economy Volume 1: A Millennial Perspective Volume 2, 2007, p. 238

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Great Ming Great Ming
大明 大明
1368–1644 1368–1644
1368–1644 
Ming China in 1415 during the reign of the Yongle Emperor Ming China in 1415 during the reign of the Yongle Emperor
Ming China around 1580 Ming China around 1580
Capital Nanjing (Yingtian prefecture) (1368–1644)[a] Beijing (Shuntian prefecture) (1403–1644)[b][c]
Languages Official language: Mandarin Other Chinese languages Other languages: Turki (Modern Uyghur), Old Uyghur language, Tibetan, Mongolian, Jurchen, others
Religion Heaven worship, Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Chinese folk religion, Islam, Roman Catholicism
Government Absolute monarchy
Emperor (皇帝) 
1368–1398 (first) Hongwu Emperor
1402–1424 Yongle Emperor
1627–1644 (last) Chongzhen Emperor
Senior Grand Secretary 
1402–1407 Xie Jin
1644 Wei Zaode
History 
Established in Nanjing 23 January 1368
Beijing designated as capital 28 October 1420
Fall of Beijing 25 April 1644
End of the Southern Ming 1683
Area Area
1450[1][2] 6,500,000 km2 (2,500,000 sq mi)
Population Population
1393 est. 65,000,000
1403 est. 66,598,337¹
1500 est. 125,000,000²
1600 est. 160,000,000³
Currency Paper money (1368–1450) Bimetallic: copper cashes (文, wén) in strings of coin and paper Silver taels (兩, liǎng) in sycees and by weight
Preceded by Succeeded by Yuan dynasty Shun dynasty Southern Ming dynasty Preceded by Succeeded by Yuan dynasty Shun dynasty Southern Ming dynasty
Succeeded by 
Shun dynasty Southern Ming dynasty 
Yuan dynasty 
 
 
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Remnants of the Ming dynasty ruled southern China until 1662, and Taiwan until 1683 a dynastic period which is known as the Southern Ming. ¹The numbers are based on estimates made by CJ Peers in Late Imperial Chinese Armies: 1520–1840 ²According to A. G. Frank, ReOrient: global economy in the Asian Age, 1998, p. 109 ³According to A. Maddison, The World Economy Volume 1: A Millennial Perspective Volume 2, 2007, p. 238 Remnants of the Ming dynasty ruled southern China until 1662, and Taiwan until 1683 a dynastic period which is known as the Southern Ming. ¹The numbers are based on estimates made by CJ Peers in Late Imperial Chinese Armies: 1520–1840 ²According to A. G. Frank, ReOrient: global economy in the Asian Age, 1998, p. 109 ³According to A. Maddison, The World Economy Volume 1: A Millennial Perspective Volume 2, 2007, p. 238

Questions about this table:
originalText: during the ming dynasty which city was once again made the capital of china
answer: answerTexts: Beijing