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1368–1644 | |||||||||||
File:Ming 1443.pngMing China in 1443 | |||||||||||
Capital | Nanjing (1368-1421) Beijing (1421-1644) | ||||||||||
Common languages | Chinese | ||||||||||
Religion | Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Chinese folk religion | ||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
Emperor | |||||||||||
• 1368-1398 | Hongwu Emperor | ||||||||||
• 1627-1644 | Chongzhen Emperor | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Established in Nanjing | January 23 1368 1368 | ||||||||||
• Fall of Beijing | June 6 1644 1644 | ||||||||||
• End of the Southern Ming | April, 1662 | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1393 | 72,700,000 | ||||||||||
• 1400 | 65,000,000 | ||||||||||
• 1600 | 150,000,000 | ||||||||||
• 1644 | 100,000,000 | ||||||||||
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a. The relation between Ming court and Tibet is debated among the scholars, more details are showed in the section Ming_Dynasty#Relations_with_Tibet. b. Remnants of the Ming Dynasty ruled southern China until 1662, a dynastic period which is known as the Southern Ming. The numbers are based on estimates made by C.J. Peers in Late Imperial Chinese Armies: 1520-1840 |