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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Page 68
... horses were not always the most important item presented . Sometimes it would be a friendly diplomatic gesture , as when Kökö Temür sent horses to Chu Yuan - chang in 1362. In the case of a small country like the Ryukyus , one of the ...
... horses were not always the most important item presented . Sometimes it would be a friendly diplomatic gesture , as when Kökö Temür sent horses to Chu Yuan - chang in 1362. In the case of a small country like the Ryukyus , one of the ...
Page 69
... horses and sometimes had trouble main- taining prices and market conditions attractive enough to draw traders . The most famous trade mission to purchase horses in the early Ming took place in 1375 when Chao Ch'eng was sent to Ho- chou ...
... horses and sometimes had trouble main- taining prices and market conditions attractive enough to draw traders . The most famous trade mission to purchase horses in the early Ming took place in 1375 when Chao Ch'eng was sent to Ho- chou ...
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... horses . The great distance of the horse markets from the capital made it difficult to control the trade . After 1380 when the Chinese were most anxious to buy horses , they were continually frustrated by falling tea prices and a ...
... horses . The great distance of the horse markets from the capital made it difficult to control the trade . After 1380 when the Chinese were most anxious to buy horses , they were continually frustrated by falling tea prices and a ...
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Early Ming Emperors | 1 |
THE MING EMPIRE | 3 |
Principal Capital Sites in Chinese History | 18 |
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