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Annan Command
Annan command, Annam command, or Annan dutongshisi (; ), was the name of an administrative region of the Ming dynasty of China. When the Mạc dynasty usurped the Lê dynasty's throne in Đại Việt (or called Annan by the Chinese, present-day northern Vietnam), the Jiajing Emperor seized the opportunity to send envoys demanding accountability. At the time, the Mạc were preoccupied with military campaigns in the south and had no choice but to submit as vassals to secure their northern border. Đại Việt was downgraded from a vassal state to a subordinate territory. Nominally, Đại Việt became an administrative unit of China under native governance, but in reality, Viet rulers—who still proclaimed themselves emperors—retained full domestic authority throughout the period from 1540 to 1647. History In 1527, Mạc Đăng Dung, a powerful minister of the Lê dynasty in Đại Việt, forced Lê Cung Hoàng to abdicate and established the Mạc dynasty, with the capital sti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ming Dynasty
The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Han people, the majority ethnic group in China. Although the primary capital of Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng (who established the short-lived Shun dynasty), numerous rump state, rump regimes ruled by remnants of the House of Zhu, Ming imperial family, collectively called the Southern Ming, survived until 1662. The Ming dynasty's founder, the Hongwu Emperor (1368–1398), attempted to create a society of self-sufficient rural communities ordered in a rigid, immobile system that would guarantee and support a permanent class of soldiers for his dynasty: the empire's standing army exceeded one million troops and the naval history of China, navy's dockyards in Nanjing were the largest in the world. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
