The debasing of the currency saw a decline of trade and productivity. How do historians view this economic breakdown and how does it compare economic issues of other Chinese dynasties? What effect did the Europeans have on the Ming dynasty? Rebellions from the peasants who were unable to pay taxes and were starving strained the interior of the Ming. The Jurchen leader, Nurhaci, recognized the weakening of the Ming during the Japanese invasion of Korea and began to conquer China’s allies. As the internal structure of the Ming dynasty began to crack, the effectiveness as an Asiatic power lessened which brought invasion from the Manchus. The invasion ushered in the Qing dynasty that would last until 1911. Climate patterns, global economic developments, and foreign invasion brought the collapse of the Ming dynasty. Is there a correlation to these causations of the demise of the Ming dynasty and is there one incident that was more influential to the fall of the Ming or was this a domino effect where the climate affected the ability to trade and the debasing of the currency helped to feed the discontent and rebellions which led to the Manchus invading and conquering the