article_snippet.sent: Ming Dynasty ruled China for 276 years, between the years 1368 and 1644, and is often described as the last of the great Chinese dynasties.
article_snippet.sent: Following popular uprising and rebellions across China, the Chinese army was defeated and Ming Dynasty collapsed when the Chinese army last emperor Chongzhen hanged its last emperor on a tree in the imperial garden outside the Forbidden City, in 1644.