Ming Dynasty

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Mind Map on Ming Dynasty, created by rschulte on 18/10/2015.
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Ming Dynasty
  1. The start
    1. Peasant rebel, Zhu Yuanzhang, led an army to defeat the Mongols
      1. Named the Dynasty "Ming"
        1. Means "brilliant"
      2. Chinese revolted against Mongols
        1. Revolted because Chinese tired of culture being squished by the Mongols
      3. Economy and Culture
        1. Farming improved greatly in order to sustain the larger population of China
          1. New technologies helped economic advancement
            1. Art and literature advanced greatly
              1. Artists created porcelain
                1. Ming porcelain vases became very valuable
                2. Writers created the first detective stories
              2. Zheng He
                1. Chinese admiral and diplomat
                  1. Sea voyager and trader
                    1. Fleets consisted of: 62 large ships and 200 smaller ones
                      1. Larger ships were 400 ft. long
                    2. Died in 1435
                      1. After death, emperor banned ships with more than 2 masts
                        1. Ships eventually fell into disrepair
                    3. Returning Chinese culture
                      1. Reestablishing Confucianism importance
                        1. Moved the capital to more Chinese influenced cities
                          1. First: Nanjing
                            1. Second: Beijing
                            2. Restarted the civil service exam
                              1. Became more "rigorous" than before
                                1. Created the "board of censors" to prevent corruption in the government
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