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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... forces and loyalist troops contested key points in the vicinity of Peking . The court , in sending the bulk of its forces north , neglected the defense of the great plain . This fact was exploited by the Prince of Yen when in early 1402 ...
... forces and loyalist troops contested key points in the vicinity of Peking . The court , in sending the bulk of its forces north , neglected the defense of the great plain . This fact was exploited by the Prince of Yen when in early 1402 ...
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... forces . Ming defenses deteriorated in the 1430s and 1440s , and by 1449 Esen and his followers were attacking at several points along the Chinese frontier . At this point Wang Chen persuaded the foolish Ying - tsung , then a mere ...
... forces . Ming defenses deteriorated in the 1430s and 1440s , and by 1449 Esen and his followers were attacking at several points along the Chinese frontier . At this point Wang Chen persuaded the foolish Ying - tsung , then a mere ...
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... forces in the north a necessary condition of the survival of the Ming regime . The existence of those forces constituted a serious potential threat to the military supremacy of the ruler in his capital at Nanking . We have already ...
... forces in the north a necessary condition of the survival of the Ming regime . The existence of those forces constituted a serious potential threat to the military supremacy of the ruler in his capital at Nanking . We have already ...
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Early Ming Emperors | 1 |
THE MING EMPIRE | 3 |
Principal Capital Sites in Chinese History | 18 |
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