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Ep. 31 | The Ming Dynasty (Part 1)

The China History Podcast

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The Homewow Emperor

The founding emperor of the Ming dynasty Juyuan Zhang Ming Tae Zu died in 1398. It was he who restored Chinese rule to China after almost a century of rule by the Mongols. The homewow emperor did much to suppress the excesses of the palace eunuchs at the end of his reign. They were already starting to make a comeback and as you'll see later on they ended up bringing down the Ming dynasty in spectacular fashion.

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