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The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Han people , the majority ethnic group in China.
The map was created sometime during the Ming dynasty and then handed over to the new rulers of China, the Qing. [citation needed] The place names of China on the map reflect the political situation in 1389, or the 22nd year of the reign of the Hongwu Emperor. Thus some Chinese scholars concluded that it was indeed created in 1389 or little ...
Ray Chan was just 23 years old when he took over the building on South Seneca and opened his restaurant. Now 70, he takes a look back at his life’s work.
Black, Jeremy (2000), Maps and History: Constructing Images of the Past, Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-08693-5. Kallio, Jyrki (2011), Tradition in Chinese politics: The Party-state's reinvention of the past and the critical response from public intellectuals , Finnish Institute of International Affairs, ISBN 978-951-769-294-6 .
The Mao Kun map is a set of navigation charts published in the Ming dynasty military treatise Wubei Zhi. [2] It depicts the geography of eastern China, southeast and southern Asia, Arabia, and eastern Africa. Along the way, it includes Chinese labels of 570 islands, towns, and other places.
The Da Ming Hun Yi Tu (大明混一圖/Dai Ming gurun-i uherilehe nirugan), [12] a Ming period map with much later Manchu translations of its labels, is also considered to have been based ultimately on Li Zemin's map. The Shengjiao Guangbei Tu was a world map. It contained not only China but also Africa and Europe.
In his years after school, he opened or partnered in eateries from New York to Chicago to Russellville, Ark. "My first job was a restaurant job," Zeng, 38, said.