Fall Of The Ming Dynasty
Raymond Trombley
The long reign of the Ming dynasty bridged two periods during which China was ruled by foreign invaders, the Mongols (1271 1368) and the Manchus (1644 1912). The first Ming emperor, Chu Yuan chang, drove the Mongols from Peking in 1368. After providing China with nearly three centuries of relative peace, stability and prosperity, the Ming dynasty lost the capital city to a Manchu army in 1644.
The Mongol Empire, which in its heyday included Central Asia, most of Russia and Persia as well as China, was founded by Genghis Khan. Mongol forces conquered Northern China in 1234 and ousted the Song dynasty from Southern China in 1271. Thereafter, Kublai Khan, one of Genghis' grandsons, ruled China with a firm hand until his death in 1294. During its last seven decades, the Mongol Empire gradually disintegrated as a result of recurrent succession struggles, factionalism, favoritism in appointments, a worthless currency, high inflation and, after the flooding of......
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