{"id":152970,"date":"2026-06-15T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152970"},"modified":"2026-06-15T08:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T08:00:05","slug":"did-volcanic-eruptions-ruin-chinas-ming-dynasty-and-undermine-the-qing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152970","title":{"rendered":"Did volcanic eruptions ruin China\u2019s Ming dynasty and undermine the Qing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBy many historical accounts, the Ming dynasty\u2019s doom was sealed when Li Zicheng, the leader of a peasant rebel army, invaded Beijing in 1644.<br \/>\nLess than 24 hours after the rebel forces breached Beijing\u2019s inner defences, Chongzhen, the Ming dynasty\u2019s emperor, hanged himself on Jing Hill behind the Forbidden City. The moment marked the end of 276 years of Ming rule.<br \/>\nThe Ming dynasty\u2019s eunuch dictatorship, factionalism among civil officials, devastating peasant uprisings and the rise of the Manchus&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3357117\/did-volcanic-eruptions-ruin-chinas-ming-dynasty-and-undermine-qing?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBy many historical accounts, the Ming dynasty\u2019s doom was sealed when Li Zicheng, the leader of a peasant rebel army, invaded Beijing in 1644.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152970"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}