Most previous studies on the collapse of the Ming Dynasty have focused on the famous "Chongzhen Drought" of the late Ming Dynasty, considering it an important factor in the decline of the Ming ...

One of the largest historic towers in China, a Ming Dynasty building reconstructed in 1995, is going to need more reconstruction. The roof of the Fengyang Drum Tower in Anhui province partially ...

Climate change has played a crucial role in shaping societies throughout history. Recently, a study led by Chinese researchers has shown how these climatic changes may have significantly influenced ...

Gathering of five tombs of the Ming Dynasty Illuminates Cultural Heritage: Digital Empowerment Reflects the Ming Dynasty Beijing, China--(Newsfile Corp. - June 15, 2025) - Cultural heritage is a ...

Turchin's analogy here is that transcontinental waves of instability can sweep around the world. "Why did the English Civil War, the Time of Troubles in Russia and the fall of the Ming Dynasty in ...

A network of trenches, walls and enclosures built across the steppes of China and Mongolia 800 years ago seems to have been erected to control the flow of people, perhaps for tax reasons ...

Ancient Chinese genre painting as a unique art form has been endowed with a relatively broad developing space since the Song Dynasty. For the autumn, the Guimet is inviting visitors to experience the ...

My Ming dynasty analogy was more appropriate than I realized at the time. Notes: 1 . ... the long slow decline of an agricultural society like the Ming seems less likely in the modern unstable age.

The roof of the Fengyang Drum Tower, built during the Ming Dynasty in 1375, collapsed as hundreds of its tiles slid down, followed by a large plume of debris dust, according to video footage.

Object Details Author Dreyer, Edward L Subject Zheng, He 1371-1435 Travel Contents Editor's preface -- Author's preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The enigma of Zheng He -- The Chinese Tributary System ...