But the truth is that really big inventions—the printing press ... damage caused by technological shocks. Consider the Ming dynasty of China. The Ming arose in the 1360s, after the chaos ...

The Ming Dynasty, which fought the Manchus ... But were there major non-military inventions during the Song Dynasty that had an impact worldwide? Yates: Printing and movable type were certainly ...

After that, Wang Zhen of the Northern Song Dynasty and Hua Sui of the Ming Dynasty (1368－1644) invented wooden and metal movable-type printing. All later printing methods such as wooden-type ...

"After the collapse of the Yuan dynasty, not many great inventions appeared in the more than 500 years of Ming and Qing dynasties. Such results are worthy of serious consideration and also an ...

A weekend of shopping and sightseeing in Suzhou - the tourist capital of the Ming dynasty! Michael Wood visits Suzhou, "the Venice of China." Five hundred years ago during the Ming dynasty Suzhou ...

A cache of 400-year-old stone grenades inscribed with orders warning guards to watch out for enemies has been discovered at the Great Wall of China near Beijing. The finding shows the astonishing ...

That started the story of the longest-reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Zhu’s life was full of controversies and legends – political unrest, tense relations with high officials ...