IN CONTEXT
Ming China
1279 Kublai Khan overthrows the Song and establishes the Mongol Yuan dynasty.
1344 In central China, the Yellow River begins to shift course, leading to droughts and a subsequent upsurge in peasant rebellions.
1351 Outbreak of Red Turban revolt against the Yuan.
1380 Hongwu takes on the role of chief minister, laying the basis of an authoritarian political culture.
1415 Yongle revives and extends the Grand Canal, enabling it to carry goods from southern China to Beijing.
1520 The first Portuguese trading missions to China.
c.1592 Publication of Journey to the West, one of the masterworks of Chinese classical writing. ...
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