Manchu

The Manchu state arose among the Jurchen peoples of northeastern Asia. Nurhaci of the Aisin Gioro clan later united Jurchen followers in the Eight Banners.

Nurhaci founded Later Jin in 1616 and began war against the Ming in 1618. Hong Taiji named the people Manchu in 1635 and proclaimed the Qing at Shenyang in 1636. Qing armies entered Beijing in 1644; in 1683 Zheng Keshuang surrendered Taiwan to the Kangxi Emperor, completing the conquest of Ming resistance.