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Late Ming Famine and Prelude to Peasant Uprisings (1627–1630)

Type Event Region Asia Time 1627–1630

From 1627 to 1630, Shaanxi, Henan, and other regions suffered alternating droughts and floods alongside heavy taxes, displacing many peasants and wor…

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  1. 1627Shaanxi · Shaanxi ProvinceIn 1627 Shaanxi and other areas suffered severe drought, crops failed, and starving people fled in large numbers; local relief was inadequate and social discontent continued to build.
  2. 1628–1629Shaanxi, Henan · ChinaBetween 1628 and 1629, popular revolts and banditry increased markedly in Shaanxi, Henan, and elsewhere; some starving people gathered to resist grain requisitions and plunder official roads, and local forces struggled to cope.
  3. 1630North China, Northwest China · ChinaBy 1630, disaster and warfare were intertwined across North China and the northwest, taxes and corvée burdens grew heavier, and large numbers of ruined peasants became vagrants, creating conditions for the full outbreak of large-scale peasant uprisings.

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