Early Ming Government: The Evolution of Dual CapitalsPreliminary Material /Farmer Edward L. --Early Ming Emperors /Farmer Edward L. --The Ming Empire /Farmer Edward L. --The Founding, 1355-1379 /Farmer Edward L. --Instability, 1380-1402 /Farmer Edward L. --Consolidation of Ming Power: The Yung-Lo Era, 1403-1425 /Farmer Edward L. --The Dual Capital System /Farmer Edward L. --The Transition to Peking: Control of Resources /Farmer Edward L. --The Capital as a Power Center /Farmer Edward L. --Notes /Farmer Edward L. --Bibliography /Farmer Edward L. --Glossary /Farmer Edward L. --Index /Farmer Edward L. --Harvard East Asian Monographs /Farmer Edward L. |
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... Chinese government tended to be superficial . In the east , major defense installations and forces were kept ready . Toward the west , these dwindled to small isolated garrisons which maintained a Chinese presence , monitored the trade ...
... Chinese government tended to be superficial . In the east , major defense installations and forces were kept ready . Toward the west , these dwindled to small isolated garrisons which maintained a Chinese presence , monitored the trade ...
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... Chinese and their neighbors . These ranged from Chinese armies sweeping out onto the Mongolian plain , when the Chinese were strong and the nomads weak , to the Mongols conquering and ruling all of China , when the reverse power balance ...
... Chinese and their neighbors . These ranged from Chinese armies sweeping out onto the Mongolian plain , when the Chinese were strong and the nomads weak , to the Mongols conquering and ruling all of China , when the reverse power balance ...
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... Chinese culture area . It included both " Sinic " states which shared in the Chinese cultural heritage and Inner Asian peoples who were socially and culturally alien : The Chinese culture - based theory of the Son of Heaven's supremacy ...
... Chinese culture area . It included both " Sinic " states which shared in the Chinese cultural heritage and Inner Asian peoples who were socially and culturally alien : The Chinese culture - based theory of the Son of Heaven's supremacy ...
Contents
Early Ming Emperors | 1 |
THE MING EMPIRE | 3 |
Principal Capital Sites in Chinese History | 18 |
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