The Ming Dynasty was a dynasty that brought much change to China and lived for many years. It reigned from 1368 to 1644. Ming Hong Wu founded the dynasty and ruled until 1398. After he died Yong Le took over and ruled over China. Yong Le was able to built, restore, and rule all across China during his reign.
Yong Le and the Chinese government were able to send Zheng He on seven voyages of exploration. Chinese strength was developed from these voyages as they were able to return with unknown items and new information. These voyages were also able to bring back great profits to China. The Ming Dynasty was truly a very powerful force that was able to accomplish so much.
In 1514 the Ming Dynasty was still going strong when Europeans came over into China. The government only allowed them to live on one port on the coast. With the Europeans here, the Ming Dynasty actually benefited greatly from the ideas and advanced technology that was spread to them.
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They had a lot of strengths, but near the end some crucial weaknesses showed through. There was an internal struggle for power which lead to weak leaders in power, and even Children who couldn't control the empire were chosen as rulers. Then, taxes were raised a lot and led to government corruption. Many other problems kept happening after the government had been weakened, and the Ming Dynasty came to an