They governed using Confucian styles and institutions of bureaucratic government and retained the imperial examinations to recruit Han Chinese to work under or in parallel with Manchus. The early Qing rulers maintained their Manchu customs, and while their title was Emperor, they used 'Bogd khaan' when dealing with the Mongols and they were patrons of Tibetan Buddhism. During the peak of the Qing dynasty, the empire ruled over the entirety of today's Mainland China, Hainan, Taiwan, Mongolia, Outer Manchuria and Outer Northwest China. The Ten Great Campaigns of the Qianlong Emperor from the 1750s to the 1790s extended Qing control into Inner Asia. The Manchu conquest of China killed over 25 million people. Resistance from the Ming loyalists in the south and the Revolt of the Three Feudatories led by Wu Sangui delayed complete conquest until 1683 under the Kangxi Emperor (1661вЂ“1722). Dorgon served as Prince Regent under the Shunzhi Emperor and implemented policies of rule. Ming general Wu Sangui refused to serve them, but opened the Shanhai Pass to the Banner Armies led by the regent Prince Dorgon, who defeated the rebels and seized the capital. His son Hong Taiji began driving Ming forces out of the Liaodong Peninsula and declared a new dynasty, the Qing, in 1636.ДЄs Ming control disintegrated, peasant rebels led by Li Zicheng conquered the capital, Beijing, in 1644. Nurhaci united Manchu clans and officially proclaimed the Later Jin dynasty in 1616. In the late sixteenth century, Nurhaci, originally a Ming vassal, began organizing ' Banners', military-social units that included Manchu, Han, and Mongol elements. The dynasty was founded by the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan in Manchuria. It was the fifth largest empire in world history. The Qing multi-cultural empire lasted for almost three centuries and formed the territorial base for modern China. It was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China.

It was established in 1636, and ruled China proper from 1644 to 1911. The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing ( ), was the last imperial dynasty of China.

7.2 Traditional learning and literature.

5.2 Urbanization and the proliferation of market-towns.

2.6 Self-strengthening and the frustration of reforms.

2.5 Rebellion, unrest and external pressure.

2.4 Reigns of the Yongzheng and Qianlong emperors.

2.3 Kangxi Emperor's reign and consolidation.

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