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The Ming Dynasty Timeline

  • Jan 1, 1368

    The start of the Ming Dynasty

    The start of the Ming Dynasty
    The ming dynasty started in 1368
  • Jan 1, 1368

    the ming dynasty is is known for making pottery,although mainly for the upper class and the emperor

    the ming dynasty is is known for making pottery,although mainly for the upper class and the emperor
  • Jan 1, 1368

    pottery

    pottery
    The ming dynasty is known for making pottery, although mainly for the upper class and emperor
  • Period: Jan 1, 1368 to

    the ming dynasty

  • Feb 8, 1368

    Education

    Education
    Expationwas grate in terms of education. The government created free schools and exam questions, though were very limited to thr thoughts of Zhu Xi of the song dynasty. Each student wrote an eight-legged essay in which they had to explain a topic in eight headings in under 750 characters.
  • Jan 1, 1398

    the first ming emperor

    the first ming emperor
    Hong Wu was the first emperor of the ming Dynasty
    the first emperor lasted 30 years
  • Jan 1, 1403

    The Yongle encyclopedia was invented

    The Yongle encyclopedia was invented
    This is the first encyclopedia to be invented in China, by the Yongle Emperor. The Yongle Emperor lived fron 1403-1424.
  • Jan 1, 1498

    The Bristle Toothbrush was invented by the Hongzhi Emperor

    The Bristle Toothbrush was invented by the Hongzhi Emperor
    During the rule of the Hongzhi emperor the bristle toothbrush was invented
  • The number or signs for Chinese characters was reduced.

    The number or signs for Chinese characters was reduced.
    There are only 214, opposed to the 540 sings that there were before.
  • ending in the ming dynasty

    ending in the ming dynasty
    the ming dynasty lasted for 276 years and there were 30 emperors in the ming dynasty.