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docs.google.comMing rule represented a vehement reaction against what was seen by its original supporters as the corruption, oppression and overtaxation of the Mongol Yuan.
John Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
Ming diplomacy was intended to secure the external conditions for internal stability. From that point of view, the famous voyages dispatched by the emperor Yung-lo around the Indian Ocean under the admiral Cheng-ho were an aberration, prompted perhaps by fear of attack by Tamerlane and his successors.
John Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
