The Ming Dynasty 1368 16441662 Howard R Spendelow

The Ming Dynasty (1368 -1644/1662) 明朝 © Howard R. Spendelow title Georgetown University draft as of 05 Dec 2019

“Ming the Merciless”

Zhu Yuanzhang / Ming Taizu / the Hongwu Emperor

Ming period provinces

Jin/Yuan Luohan and Ming banknote

Up for auction in Sydney, 11 December 2016

pottery production, from Song to the present

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early Qing ewer, found in Indonesia

Jingdezhen pottery store, 2005

Evolution of pottery styles

Yongle & Zheng He

rough sketch of Zheng He’s routes

Zheng He’s voyages

Zheng He’s routes and final destinations

Long Jiang shipyard 龍江船廠 (Nanjing)

ocean-going sailing vessel

”model” / artist’s reconstruction of a Treasure Ship Quanzhou Maritime Museum

Jan Adkins’ 1993 comparative sketch (China/Columbus’ Santa Maria)

21 st century replica

Ming (ox/fish/dragon) & Qing (dragon/deer/ox/lion) qilin 麒麟）; Kirin beer logo

12/27/2021 Qilin at [new] Summer Palace

”Qilin” by Shen Du, 1414

Temple to Zheng He三寶宮 in Semarang, Indonesia

Ming China in the East Asian World

Ming – northern border c. 1600

Base areas of Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng

劇終 (the end)

Ming period provincial divisions

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Ming China at the time of the Hong Wu Emperor

Singapore National Library Board - 2005 exhibition title

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