The Ming Dynasty spanned 2.51 million square miles at its height in 1450, before economic breakdown and natural disasters contributed to its collapse in the early 17th century. The Sasanian Empire ...

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital in Nanjing (Chinese for southern capital). He ate mostly food cooked with the flavors of South China during his ...

even the early Manchus knew a bit about how the Ming empire worked. Historians have different views about how the Qing dynasty ruled. On the one hand, some view the Manchus as successful rulers ...