Ming dynastyBy: Cousteau Reinig, Eric Eronimous, Anya Michael, Juliana Pook, and Lily Freeman

Facts about the Ming Dynasty

• The Ming Dynasty came after the Yuan dynasty

• The Ming Dynasty fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng

• The Ming Dynasty lasted from1368 to 1644 C.E. (276 years)

• Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming dynasty

• The Ming Dynasty was established in January 23 1368

• The Ming dynasty ruled southern China until 1662. This period was called the southern Ming.

Emperors of the Ming Dynasty

Gāodì 高帝Huìdì 惠帝 Wéndì 文帝 Zhāodì 昭帝

Zhāngdì 章帝 Ruìdì 睿帝 Jingdì 景帝 Chúndì 純帝 Jìngdì 敬帝

Yìdì 毅帝 Sùdì 肅帝 Zhuāngdì 莊帝Xiǎndì 顯帝

Zhēndì 貞帝 Zhédì 悊帝 Zhuānglièmin 莊烈愍

What did the Ming dynasty accomplish?

• The great wall of china was accomplished during the Ming dynasty

• Xu Guangqi was a bureaucrat in the Ming dynasty. He wrote a book about farming techniques

• Li Shizhen wrote the book “Compendium of Oriental Medicine. ” which included over 10,000 prescriptions that were used in China.

• During the Ming dynasty the feudal system was declined and capitalism was established.

Artifacts from the dynasty

Painting and sculpting was popular in the Ming Dynasty

How did the Government work?

In the Ming Dynasty, 6 main department was set up at the central government

li in charge of the civil officer's promotion.

Hu administering the household registration.

li for sacrificing ceremonies.

Gong for public construction.

Xing for legal affairs.

Bing for military affairs.

The Effect of the dynasty on Town People

They changed the policies around the town.

They were the first to promote trade in the outside world

They had to resettle tons of people to build the empire.

Bonus Slide

Emperor Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor of China

He was the one who was in power when they finished the Great Wall of China

He created the Terracotta Warriors who are statues that protect the afterlife

He was 13 years old when he started to rule