Tree rings reveal droughts linked to China’s Ming Dynasty collapse. Credit: Charlie fong / CC BY-SA 4.0 Recent research by Chinese scientists suggests that shifts in climate may have contributed to ...
A recent study by Chinese researchers has found that the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, one of the most important dynasties in Chinese history, may have been triggered by the Wanli megadrought ...
A background essay on the Ming Dynasty, its powerful trade networks and diplomatic missions as far as Africa and the Red Sea, and the domestic tensions that ultimately changed the course of world ...