A background essay on the Ming Dynasty, its powerful trade networks and diplomatic missions as far as Africa and the Red Sea, and the domestic tensions that ultimately changed the course of world ...
"I was astounded when I discovered it was from the Ming Dynasty. This makes it the oldest ... that it was brought to Australia by Chinese traders in the 19th century. Similar statues were fairly ...
Trade and commerce grew ... even the early Manchus knew a bit about how the Ming empire worked. Historians have different views about how the Qing dynasty ruled. On the one hand, some view ...