大明
Great Ming |
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Ming China in 1443[a] |
| Capital |
Nanjing
(1368-1421)
Beijing
(1421-1644) |
| Language(s) |
Chinese |
| Religion |
Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Chinese folk religion |
| Government |
Monarchy |
| Emperor |
| - 1368-1398 |
Hongwu Emperor |
| - 1627-1644 |
Chongzhen Emperor |
| History |
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| - Established in Nanjing |
January 23, 1368 |
| - Fall of Beijing |
June 6, 1644 |
| - End of the Southern Ming |
April, 1662 |
| Population |
| - 1393 est. |
72,700,000 |
| - 1400 est. |
65,000,000[b] |
| - 1600 est. |
150,000,000[b] |
| - 1644 est. |
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
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