The Yuan Dynasty’s Legacy and Early Ming Ambitions The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) inherited the geopolitical worldview of the preceding Yuan […]
The Turbulent Origins of a Mongol Unifier Dayan Khan (1464–1524) emerged during a fractured period in Mongol history, inheriting a […]
Introduction: Reassessing the Fall of the Yuan Dynasty The conventional historical narrative marks 1368 as the year the Yuan Dynasty […]
The Fragile Succession: Jianwen’s Ascent to Power When the formidable Hongwu Emperor died in 1398 after ruling China for three […]
The Humble Origins of a Future Emperor The story of Zhu Yuanzhang, who would become the Hongwu Emperor and founder […]
The Birth of a Multi-Ethnic Empire The modern concept of China as a unified multi-ethnic state traces its origins not […]