<Table> <Tr> <Td colspan="3"> Great Ming </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="3"> 大明 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="3"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1368 -- 1644 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="3"> Ming China under the reign of the Yongle Emperor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="3"> Ming China around 1580 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Capital </Td> <Td> Nanjing ( Yingtian prefecture ) ( 1368 -- 1644 ) Beijing ( Shuntian prefecture ) ( 1403 -- 1644 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Languages </Td> <Td> Official language : Mandarin Other Chinese languages Other languages : Turki ( Modern Uyghur ) , Old Uyghur language , Tibetan , Mongolian , Jurchen , others </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Religion </Td> <Td> Heaven worship , Taoism , Confucianism , Buddhism , Chinese folk religion , Islam , Roman Catholicism </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Government </Td> <Td> Absolute monarchy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Emperor ( 皇帝 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1368 -- 1398 ( first ) </Td> <Td> Hongwu Emperor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1402 -- 1424 </Td> <Td> Yongle Emperor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1627 -- 1644 ( last ) </Td> <Td> Chongzhen Emperor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Senior Grand Secretary </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1402 -- 1407 </Td> <Td> Xie Jin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1644 </Td> <Td> Wei Zaode </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> History </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Established in Nanjing </Td> <Td> 23 January 1368 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Beijing designated as capital </Td> <Td> 28 October 1420 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fall of Beijing </Td> <Td> 25 April 1644 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> End of the Southern Ming </Td> <Td> 1683 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="3"> Area </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1415 </Td> <Td> 6,500,000 km ( 2,500,000 sq mi ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="3"> Population </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1393 est . </Td> <Td> 65,000,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1403 est . </Td> <Td> 66,598,337 1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1500 est . </Td> <Td> 125,000,000 2 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1600 est . </Td> <Td> 160,000,000 3 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Currency </Td> <Td> Paper money ( 1368 -- 1450 ) Bimetallic : copper cashes ( 文 , wén ) in strings of coin and paper Silver taels ( 兩 , liǎng ) in sycees and by weight </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="3"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Preceded by </Td> <Td> Succeeded by </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Yuan dynasty </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Shun dynasty </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Southern Ming dynasty </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Today part of </Td> <Td> ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Burma </Li> <Li> China </Li> <Li> Laos </Li> <Li> Russia </Li> <Li> Vietnam </Li> <Li> North Korea </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="3"> Remnants of the Ming dynasty ruled southern China until 1662 , and Taiwan until 1683 a dynastic period which is known as the Southern Ming . 1The numbers are based on estimates made by CJ Peers in Late Imperial Chinese Armies : 1520 -- 1840 2According to A.G. Frank , ReOrient : global economy in the Asian Age , 1998 , p. 109 3According to A. Maddison , The World Economy Volume 1 : A Millennial Perspective Volume 2 , 2007 , p. 238 </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Td colspan="3"> Great Ming </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="3"> 大明 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="3"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1368 -- 1644 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="3"> Ming China under the reign of the Yongle Emperor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="3"> Ming China around 1580 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Capital </Td> <Td> Nanjing ( Yingtian prefecture ) ( 1368 -- 1644 ) Beijing ( Shuntian prefecture ) ( 1403 -- 1644 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Languages </Td> <Td> Official language : Mandarin Other Chinese languages Other languages : Turki ( Modern Uyghur ) , Old Uyghur language , Tibetan , Mongolian , Jurchen , others </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Religion </Td> <Td> Heaven worship , Taoism , Confucianism , Buddhism , Chinese folk religion , Islam , Roman Catholicism </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Government </Td> <Td> Absolute monarchy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Emperor ( 皇帝 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1368 -- 1398 ( first ) </Td> <Td> Hongwu Emperor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1402 -- 1424 </Td> <Td> Yongle Emperor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1627 -- 1644 ( last ) </Td> <Td> Chongzhen Emperor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Senior Grand Secretary </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1402 -- 1407 </Td> <Td> Xie Jin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1644 </Td> <Td> Wei Zaode </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> History </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Established in Nanjing </Td> <Td> 23 January 1368 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Beijing designated as capital </Td> <Td> 28 October 1420 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fall of Beijing </Td> <Td> 25 April 1644 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> End of the Southern Ming </Td> <Td> 1683 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="3"> Area </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1415 </Td> <Td> 6,500,000 km ( 2,500,000 sq mi ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="3"> Population </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1393 est . </Td> <Td> 65,000,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1403 est . </Td> <Td> 66,598,337 1 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1500 est . </Td> <Td> 125,000,000 2 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1600 est . </Td> <Td> 160,000,000 3 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Currency </Td> <Td> Paper money ( 1368 -- 1450 ) Bimetallic : copper cashes ( 文 , wén ) in strings of coin and paper Silver taels ( 兩 , liǎng ) in sycees and by weight </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="3"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Preceded by </Td> <Td> Succeeded by </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Yuan dynasty </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Shun dynasty </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Southern Ming dynasty </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Today part of </Td> <Td> ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Burma </Li> <Li> China </Li> <Li> Laos </Li> <Li> Russia </Li> <Li> Vietnam </Li> <Li> North Korea </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="3"> Remnants of the Ming dynasty ruled southern China until 1662 , and Taiwan until 1683 a dynastic period which is known as the Southern Ming . 1The numbers are based on estimates made by CJ Peers in Late Imperial Chinese Armies : 1520 -- 1840 2According to A.G. Frank , ReOrient : global economy in the Asian Age , 1998 , p. 109 3According to A. Maddison , The World Economy Volume 1 : A Millennial Perspective Volume 2 , 2007 , p. 238 </Td> </Tr> </Table>
during the ming dynasty which city was once again made the capital of china
during the ming dynasty which city was once again made the capital of china
Beijing
Beijing