They emerged as the major threat to the late Ming dynasty after united all Jurchen tribes and declared the founding of the Qing dynasty in 1636 | and then proceeded to subdue the |
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The Yuan dynasty became the first in Chinese history to rule the entire and as an | After further political consolidation, seven prominent states remained by the end of the 5th century BC, and the years in which these few states battled each other are known as the |
Most of what remains of the Great Wall of China today was either built or repaired by the Ming.
23" East Asian History, no | Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994• Many books were printed using movable type |
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Berkeley: The Society for the Study of Early China and the Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley | In 1125, the devastating annihilated the , while remnants of court members fled to Central Asia to found the |
The , advised by , then launched a comprehensive reform effort, the 1898.
22A on top of an arch crossing street tower , is a common form of architecture during Yuan period | The dynasty also directly controlled the heartland and other regions, inheriting the largest share of territory of the , which roughly coincided with the modern area of China and nearby regions in |
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16 Faculty of Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra 1989• Intended for grains shipment and transporting troops, the was constructed, linking the capitals and to the wealthy , and in another route, to the northeast border | Economically, the state treasury was strained by excessive campaigns and projects, while land acquisitions by elite families gradually drained the tax base |
With extensive connections with the west, the first of several were recorded in Chinese sources, coming from the sea route in AD 166, and a second one in AD 284.
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