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The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. During that time, China, not Europe, was the center of the world: the European voyages of exploration were searching not just for new lands but also for new trade routes to the Far East. In this book, Timothy BroContinue
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- English Books
- Paperback 345 Pages
- Edition: 1
- ISBN-10: 0520221540
- ISBN-13: 9780520221543
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Pub date: Sep 01, 1999
- Dimensions: 1484 mm x 1032 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback and Hardcover
- In other languages: other languages
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780520221543 | Paperback | $24.95 | $22.98 | The Book Depository |
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The founder of the Ming dynasty, the Hongwu emperor, came from a peasant background and idealised autonomous, self-sufficient agrarian communities; the dynasty he founded, however, was to oversee the economic transformation of China. Timothy Brook's ... (read full critics)