<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> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Great Ming </Td> </Tr>

During the ming dynasty which city was once again made the capital of china