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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... palace . When completed in 1373 , it stood approximately thirty feet high and measured some fourteen li in circumference with six gates.63 It was a basically square - shaped wall enclosing the palace with an oblong rectangular extension ...
... palace . When completed in 1373 , it stood approximately thirty feet high and measured some fourteen li in circumference with six gates.63 It was a basically square - shaped wall enclosing the palace with an oblong rectangular extension ...
Page 55
... palace . When completed in 1373 , it stood approximately thirty feet high and measured some fourteen li in circumference with six gates.63 It was a basically square - shaped wall enclosing the palace with an oblong rectangular extension ...
... palace . When completed in 1373 , it stood approximately thirty feet high and measured some fourteen li in circumference with six gates.63 It was a basically square - shaped wall enclosing the palace with an oblong rectangular extension ...
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... palace complex of more than 800 rooms . Each of the walls had one gate facing on the points of the compass . The central buildings were laid out along a conven- tional north - south axis . Three main halls followed by three main palace ...
... palace complex of more than 800 rooms . Each of the walls had one gate facing on the points of the compass . The central buildings were laid out along a conven- tional north - south axis . Three main halls followed by three main palace ...
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Early Ming Emperors | 1 |
THE MING EMPIRE | 3 |
Principal Capital Sites in Chinese History | 18 |
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