Chapter 26 outline
The quest for political stability The Ming dynasty Ming government (1368-1644) drove the Mongols out of China Centralized government control; faced new invasions from the Mongols Rebuilt and repaired the Great Wall to prevent northern invasions Restored Chinese cultural traditions and civil service examinations Ming decline Coastal cities and trade disrupted by pirates, 1520s--1560s Government corruption and inefficiency caused by powerful eunuchs Famines and peasant rebellions during the 1630s and 1640s Manchu invaders with peasant support led to final Ming collapse, 1644 The Qing dynasty The Manchus (1644-1911), invaders from Manchuria to the northeast Overwhelmed the Chinese forces; proclaimed the Qing dynasty, 1644