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Kubailia Khan of Yuan dynasty is dead The Chinese people rebel against the Mongols and win their freedom Rulers of the Ming Dynasty stressed a return to traditional Chinese values Confucianism- morality, family, social harmony and government Built national school system Civil service exams determined job selection Hong Wu- commander of the rebel army that overthrew the Mongols Built by the Ming in the capital of Beijing Only top officials of the government could enter Huge gardens and palaces were inside Emperor and others lived there in luxury for 500 years Built large fleets of ships that were able to travel in open seas Leader of the voyages was Zheng He Zheng He’s voyages were the most advancesd of the time Some didn’t like the ideas brought back to China, thought it would change China Also thought that the merchants were going agaisnt Confucian dieas by gaining money for themselves instead of working for the betterment of China Grand Canal Large canal starting in southern China snaking North and moving west Meant to ship grain and other supplies to all parts of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall Sections of the Great Wall had been built by previous dynasties The Ming started a new and improved building of the wall meant for security A series of pirate attacks led to a weakening of the Ming Famines hit China and the Ming dynasty was unable to get relief efforts in order City after city led revolts against the Ming Manchu invaders in the North moved in and displaced the Ming dynasty
