Underwater archaeologists in China have recovered more than 900 artifacts from two merchant vessels that sank to the bottom of the South China Sea during the Ming dynasty. The ships are located ...

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital in Nanjing (Chinese for southern capital). He ate mostly food cooked with the flavors of South China during his ...

Narrator: The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty in China. It began in 1644 when the Manchu people from the North overthrew the ruling Ming dynasty and established their capital in Beijing.

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