MING AND QING EMPIRES MING: 1368 – 1644 QING: 1644 - 1904

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Hongwu 1 st emperor of Ming – Restored agricultural lands; increased rice production – Erased Mongol past – Promoted China’s power/prosperity – Held Confucian moral standards – Later paranoid; became tyrant and conducted purges