16th Century China

In the 16th century in China the Ming Dynasty was in power. Though it had several rulers during this time period, it was pretty much the same ethics throughout the century. The Ming followed a program of government that was big into foreign affairs and prospering. In 1506 Zhu Houzhao begins his reign as Emperor of the Zhengde period. Houzhao was born in 1491 and died in 1521. “Liu Jin, who directed the Zhengde Emperor’s debaucheries while …

…the beginning of the end for the Ming dynasty. There was really very little change going on in China during this century. Although there were different Emperor’s, with different ideas even, the country relatively remained the same. This century was the beginning of the end for the Ming Dynasty, so in effect there was nothing that could have been done by various Emperor’s that would have changed the fate of the Ming Dynasty.