Women in China – History – 1500 to the present
Empress Xiaozhuang In the 1600s AD, most women in China still suffered from oppression, as they had in antiquity and the Middle Ages. They couldn't own land, and they had [...]
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Later Chinese Literature – Ming and Qing Dynasties
During the Ming Dynasty in the 1500s and 1600s AD, the strongest influence on Chinese literature came from Central Asia, where the world's great universities and libraries were then located. Chinese novelists [...]
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Republic of China – Chinese History – 1900s
Empress Longyu - leading up to the Republic of China The last Qing Dynasty rulers Empress Cixi of the Qing Dynasty in China died in 1908 AD, and her niece, [...]
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Manchu to Mao – Quick history of China
Ming Dynasty porcelain pitcher (before Manchu China) What was the Ming Dynasty? Early modern Chinese history starts with the Ming Dynasty, about 1500 AD. The Ming Dynasty was very powerful, [...]
