AMBITIOUS MING EXPANSION: THE YONGLE EMPEROR'S REIGN
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as posted by the channelThe Yongle Emperor – possibly the most ambitious ruler of the Ming dynasty.
Discover his incredible feats: from the consolidation of his questionable throne, expansion of the Great Ming's influence across oceans through Zheng He's treasure fleet, commission of the greatest encyclopedia in the world, building of the Forbidden City, and subjugation of Vietnam, Mongolia, and Manchuria...
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♫ MUSIC ♫
Li Xianting - Pale Moon over the Windy Willow Bank
Shogun 2 Total War - Ebb and Flow
Kevin MacLeoad - Asian Drums
TW Three Kingdoms - Tea Ceremony
TW Three Kingdoms - Shadows of war
TW Three Kingdoms - The Silk Road
TW Three Kingdoms - Besieged
TW Three Kingdoms - Lotus Blossoms
TW Three Kingdoms - The Southlands
TW Three Kingdoms - The Southern Tribes
Ming music restoration Group - Golden Cup
Civilization V - Gao Shan Liu Shui (peace)
Daoist music
Gong Yi - Morning in Spring
Attila: Total War - Day of Reckoning
Civilization VI - Mongolia ambient - Tovshuur
Attila: Total War - On the Steppe
Age of Empires 2 - Jurchen theme
TW Three Kingdoms - Era of Proesperity
The Loyalist - Lotus Lane
🎬 VIDEO CREDITS 🎬
The Ming Dynasty (2019)
Ghost Fleet: The Epic Voyage of Zheng He (2005)
China's Forbidden City (2008)
📜 MAIN SOURCES 📜
The Cambridge History of China - Volume 7 (1988), Frederick W. Mote & Denis Twitchett
Perpetual Happiness - The Ming Emperor Yongle (2011), Shih-shan Henry Tsai
Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368-1644 (1976), L. Carrington Goodrich & Chaoying Fang
🏷️ TAGS 🏷️
history of china
ming dynasty
yongle emperor
zhu di
ming chengzu
ming invasion of vietnam
zheng he
treasure fleet
yongle encyclopedia
Introduction: (0:00)
Context: (00:34)
Securing the throne: (01:00)
Governance and image: (03:42)
Early rule: (06:37)
Reaching out to the world: (10:11)
The conquest of Vietnam: (13:43)
Building the Forbidden City: (17:13)
Religious policies: (20:09)
Trouble in Mongolia: (23:02)
The second Northern Campaign: (26:26)
The wild East: (28:58)
Conclusion: (31:16)
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