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The troubled empire, China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties, Timothy Brook

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The troubled empire, China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties, Timothy Brook

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-316) and index

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non fiction

Main title

The troubled empire

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bibliographydictionaries

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Timothy Brook

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China in the Yuan and Ming dynasties

Summary

Explores the history of China between the Mongol reunification of China in 1279 under the Yuan dynasty and the Manchu invasion four centuries later, explaining how climate changes profoundly affected the empire during this period

Table Of Contents

Dragon spotting -- Scale -- The nine sloughs -- Khan and emperor -- Economy and ecology -- Families -- Beliefs -- The business of things -- The South China Sea -- Collapse -- Conclusion -- Temperature and precipitation extremes -- The nine sloughs -- Succession of emperors -- Pronunciation guide

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The Troubled Empire: China in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties (History of Imperial China)

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