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Wikipedia: The Ming Dynasty, or Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history," was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic Hans. Although the Ming capital Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng, which was itself soon replaced by the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty, regimes loyal to the Ming throne (collectively called the Southern Ming) survived until 1662.
![[The Xuande Emperor playing chuiwan with his eunuchs, a game similar to golf, by an anonymous court painter of the...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ming_Emperor_Xuande_playing_Golf_s.jpg "The Xuande Emperor playing chuiwan with his eunuchs, a game similar to golf, by an anonymous court painter of the...")
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![[Spring morning in a Han palace, by Qiu Ying]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ch_27iu_Ying_001_s.jpg "Spring morning in a Han palace, by Qiu Ying")
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![[The only surviving piece of furniture from the "Orchard Factory" set up in Beijing in the early Ming Dynasty]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/MingLacquerTable1_s.jpg "The only surviving piece of furniture from the \"Orchard Factory\" set up in Beijing in the early Ming Dynasty")
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![[The Ming Dynasty Tombs located 50 km north of Beijing]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Noel_2005_P_C3_A9kin_tombeaux_Ming_voie_des_C3_A2mes_s.jpg "The Ming Dynasty Tombs located 50 km north of Beijing")
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![[The Great Wall of China]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Chemin_de_ronde_muraille_long_s.jpg "The Great Wall of China")
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![[Processional figurines from the Shanghai tomb of Pan Yongzheng, a Ming Dynasty official who lived during the 16th...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PanYongzheng_ProcessionalTombFigurines_ShanghaiMuseum_May27_08_s.jpg "Processional figurines from the Shanghai tomb of Pan Yongzheng, a Ming Dynasty official who lived during the 16th...")
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![[Emperor Minghuang's Journey to Sichuan, a Ming Dynasty painting after Qiu Ying]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Freer_024_s.jpg "Emperor Minghuang's Journey to Sichuan, a Ming Dynasty painting after Qiu Ying")
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![[The puddling process of smelting iron ore to make pig iron and then wrought iron, with the right illustration...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Chinese_Puddle_and_Blast_Furnace_s.jpg "The puddling process of smelting iron ore to make pig iron and then wrought iron, with the right illustration...")
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![[Detail of The Emperor's Approach showing the Xuande Emperor's royal carriage being pulled by elephants and...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Detail_of_The_Emperor_27s_Approach_2C_Xuande_period_s.jpg "Detail of The Emperor's Approach showing the Xuande Emperor's royal carriage being pulled by elephants and...")
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![[Tianqi era teacups, from the Nantoyōsō Collection in Japan]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/IMG_0239Tian_s.jpg "Tianqi era teacups, from the Nantoyōsō Collection in Japan")
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![[A porcelain vase from the Jiajing reign period]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Porcelaine_chinoise_Guimet_271108_s.jpg "A porcelain vase from the Jiajing reign period")
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![[Ming coinage, 14-17th century]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ming_coinage_14th_17th_century_2_s.jpg "Ming coinage, 14-17th century")
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![[A portrait of the official Jiang Shunfu , now in the Nanjing Museum]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Portrait_of_Jiang_Shunfu_s.jpg "A portrait of the official Jiang Shunfu , now in the Nanjing Museum")
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![[The Shunzhi Emperor , proclaimed the ruler of China on October 8, 1644]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Emperor_Shunzhi_s.jpg "The Shunzhi Emperor , proclaimed the ruler of China on October 8, 1644")
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![[Lofty Mount Lu, by Shen Zhou, 1467.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Lofty_Mt_Lu_by_Shen_Zhou_s.jpg "Lofty Mount Lu, by Shen Zhou, 1467.")
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![[Chinese glazed stoneware statue of a Daoist deity, from the Ming Dynasty, 16th century]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/SFEC_BritMus_Asia_021_s.jpg "Chinese glazed stoneware statue of a Daoist deity, from the Ming Dynasty, 16th century")
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![[Painting of flowers, a butterfly, and rock sculpture by Chen Hongshou]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Chen_Hongshou_2C_leaf_album_painting_s.jpg "Painting of flowers, a butterfly, and rock sculpture by Chen Hongshou")
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![[Map of East Asia by the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci in 1602]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Matteo_Ricci_Far_East_1602_Larger_s.jpg "Map of East Asia by the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci in 1602")
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![[Ming China under the reign of the Yongle Emperor]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ming_Empire2_s.jpg "Ming China under the reign of the Yongle Emperor")
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![[Portrait of the Yongle Emperor (r. 1402-1424).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Yongle_Emperor1_s.jpg "Portrait of the Yongle Emperor (r. 1402-1424).")
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![[A giraffe brought from Africa in the 12th year of Yongle]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Yongle_Giraffe1_s.jpg "A giraffe brought from Africa in the 12th year of Yongle")
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![[A Ming Dynasty print drawing of Confucius on his way to the Zhou Dynasty capital of Luoyang]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Confucius_on_his_way_to_Luoyang_s.jpg "A Ming Dynasty print drawing of Confucius on his way to the Zhou Dynasty capital of Luoyang")
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![[Portrait of Matteo Ricci by Yu Wenhui, Latinized as Emmanuel Pereira, dated the year of Ricci's death, 1610]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ricciportrait_s.jpg "Portrait of Matteo Ricci by Yu Wenhui, Latinized as Emmanuel Pereira, dated the year of Ricci's death, 1610")
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![[Shanhaiguan along the Great Wall, the gate where the Manchus were repeatedly repelled before being finally let...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ShanhaiguanGreatWall_s.jpg "Shanhaiguan along the Great Wall, the gate where the Manchus were repeatedly repelled before being finally let...")
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![[The Xuande Emperor,]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Xuanzong_of_Ming_s.jpg "The Xuande Emperor,")
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![[Wanli Emperor (r. 1572-1620).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Wanli_s.jpg "Wanli Emperor (r. 1572-1620).")
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![[Appreciating Plums, by Chen Hongshou showing a lady holding an oval fan while enjoying the beauty of the plum]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Chen_Hongshou_2C_Appreciating_Plums_2C_detail_s.jpg "Appreciating Plums, by Chen Hongshou showing a lady holding an oval fan while enjoying the beauty of the plum")
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![[Bodhisattva Manjusri in Blanc]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/He_Chaozong_1_s.jpg "Bodhisattva Manjusri in Blanc")
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![[A cannon from the Huolongjing, compiled by Jiao Yu and Liu Ji before the latter's death in 1375]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Chinese_Cannon_s.jpg "A cannon from the Huolongjing, compiled by Jiao Yu and Liu Ji before the latter's death in 1375")
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![[16th century Japanese pirate raids.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Wokou_s.jpg "16th century Japanese pirate raids.")
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