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 ...

An emperor's carpet that once lay in China's Imperial Palace during the Ming dynasty has been sold for $324,500. The carpet, showing a large dragon around a flaming pearl which is seen as a symbol ...

The encyclopedia, known as the Yongle Dadian, was originally commissioned by the Yongle Emperor, the third ruler of the Ming Dynasty, who reigned from 1402 to 1424. Two volumes of the Ming Dynasty ...