4. GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY
• Ming emperor exercised ABSOLUTE power
• Opposition was silenced
• Emperor was worshiped as the “Son of God”
5. The Hongwu
Emperor
The Hongwu Emperor was
the founder and first emperor
of the Ming Dynasty of
China. Hongwu means
"vastly martial“.
Hung-Wu threw the Mongols
out.
One of the two Emperors of
ancient China who came from
peasant background, he
claimed the Mandate of
Heaven and established the
Ming Dynasty in 1368.
8. TRAVEL AND TRADE
• Ming Emperor Yongle sent several
government sponsored expeditions in the
early 1400s.
• Hundreds of ships and thousands of men
made diplomatic “contacts” and trade
connections from China to East Africa.
15. The End
of the
MING
Time was up for the Ming. Corruption, natural disasters and popular
uprisings took their toll on the Ming, but it was the invading Manchu
rebellion that did the Ming Empire in.
As the Manchu invaded, someone opened the gates for the marauding