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| 7601492990 | Emperor Hongwu | ~from peasant family ~abolished the position of chief minister ~priority to restore the position of the scholar-gentry ~restored the civil service exam ~drove out Mongol influence |  | 0 |
| 7601579972 | Government | ~imperial bureaucracy---officials were appointed based on the CSE ~rule through terror---many public beatings and threats ~Emperor had absolute power ~Bureaucrats would oversee local networks of villages, local leaders worked on Reformation, irrigation, porcelain, cotton, silk, collected taxes | 1 | |
| 7601641600 | Social Aspects | ~SOCIAL STRUCTURE--- Emperor, Scholar-Gentry, farmers, artisans, merchants ~Neo-Confucianism led to more rigid social structure (foot-binding) ~new crops led to a large population growth ~no dissension or criticism allowed | 2 | |
| 7601754913 | Rise in Power | ~Zhu Yuanzhang (Hongwu) led military campaigns to unify china (1368) ~moved capital from Nansing to Beijing ~mongols retreated to steppes | 3 | |
| 7601814204 | Eunuch | A castrated man, traditionally employed as a harem attendant or as a functionary in certain Asian courts. | 4 | |
| 7601825437 | Zheng He | ~born to Muslim parents ~captured and castrated (enforce loyalty) to become a EUNUCH ~Admiral---visited 37 countries, traveled around the tip of Africa into the Atlantic Ocean and commanded a single fleet whose numbers surpassed the combined fleets of all Europe | 5 |
