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#220 - Ming 12: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Gift Them
#220 - Ming 12: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Gift Them
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43 minutes
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Jul 13, 2021
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The treasure Fleet goes on missions 2-4, resulting in increasingly strange, valuable, and even divine gifts being presented to Great Ming.Time Period Covered:1407-1415 CEMajor Historical FiguresMing:Yongle Emperor (Zhu Di) [r. 1402-1424]Admiral Zheng He [1371-1435]Commodore Yang Min Ma Huan, translator & chronicler [1380-1460]Kingdom of Malacca:King Parameswara [r. 1402-1414]Major Works Cited:Chan, Hok-lam. “The Yung-lo reign” in The Cambridge History of China, vol. 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644, Pt. I.Dreyer, Edward L. Zheng He: China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty, 1405-1433.Levathes, Louise. When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433.Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Kéramos” in Keramos and Other Poems: A Book of Sonnets, Part II.U.N. Museum. “Nanjing pagoda – Seven wonders of the medieval world.” www.unmuseum.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Jul 13, 2021
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