Dwell around the 40 square kilometer Ming Dynasty necropolis some 50 kilometers outside Beijing, a complex designed and built in the 15Th century Daoist-Confuciansit style and home to the burial tombs of 13 of the total of 16 Ming Dynasty Emperors. Find out more about China's rich history, The powerful and succesful Ming Dynasty, the roots of its Demise and much more.
The Ming Tombs have been known as the Chinese Valley of the Kings. Short Introduction to the Ming Tombs available. A New much more extended report including some interesting Ming Tomb hike routes and Full Photo-Tours of the Chang Ling (Yongle) and Ding Ling (Renzong) Mausolea, and the Impressive Ming Tombs Archeological Museum.
Online Bibliography
Includes Sound Bonus
History of the Ming Dynasty : (1368 AD - 1644 AD) :
History of the Manchu Ching Dynasty (1644 AD - 1911 AD):
* Ch'ing Dynasty - Large online Library on the Ching Dynasty,
by Washington State University
* Internet Search Results Sources on Pu Yi , by FactBites.com
* Encyclopedia on Pu Yi , by Nationmaster.com
* Survey of The Boxer Rebellion (TaiPing)
* The Ching Dynasty of China 1644-1911 AD, by AllEmpires.com
* Modern China - The 1911 (XinHai) Revolution
by the Washington State University
* Modern China - The Biography of Dr. Sun Yat Sen
by the Washington State University
* Modern China - Nationalist China
by the Washington State University
* A China Report Special Source Page relating to Chinese Communism, Maoism, Communism and the Communist Party of China.
* Kuomintang , by Encyclopedia.com
* Kuomintang Party , by MSNEncarta.com
* Kuomintang - a self edit volunteered artcile on the free online
encyclopedia, by Wikipedia.org
* Kuomintang - National People's Party
, by Spartacus.school.net, based in the United Kingdom
* Kuomintang - and Yunnan Province in History
, by AsiaTour.com
* Republican China - The Defeat of the Kuomintang
A very short article with many links, by ChinaVoc.com
* Kuomintang Party , ALL Internet Sources, by Answers.com
History of the Tang Dynasty (618 AD - 907 AD) :
* History of the Tang Dynasty
(+ links to all other Chinese Dynasties and more)
Very extensive web-page , very worthwile
By All Empires.com
* The XinHai Revolution (1911)
by the Wikipedia.org
China Report - Summary + Listing of All Dynasties
* Summary 12.000 Years of Inhabitation and Chinese Civilization.
A Short Sumary of 5000 years of Chinese History, from 10.000 BC until the Fall of the Last Feudal Dynasty in 1911 and the current Day Communist One Party Rule.
By ChinaReport.com
* Map of the British World Empire in 1860 AD (2nd Opium War)
* Detail of Map of the British World Empire in 1860 AD (2nd Opium War)
showing China and East-Asia after the Signing of The Beijing Treaty, by
Emperor XianFeng.
Yuan ShiKai and his Cabinet of the First Republic of China, after having forced Sun Yat Sen to lay down his Title as President. Shortly after He tried to crown himself Emperor but was soon forced to Flee.
Last Emperor Pu Yi amidst Japanese Generals during the Manchukuo Period of the 2nd World War, known in China as the Great Antifascist War. Pu Yi was later rightly condemned as a collaborator and a War Criminal and imprisoned for Years.
* Short History of the Han Dynasty with a great and detailed Timeline of Emperors as well as Fragments of Empire, Xin and Eastern Han Dynasty. Short chronology included.
By Wikipedia.org
* Kuomintang - Excerpt from the Columbia (University) Encyclopedia 2001
, by Bartleby.com
* A long but not too detailed information page with Maps and Photos on
the 20Th Century Warlord Era in China, beginning with the
disintegration of the First Republic of China.
By Wikipedia.org
* The May the 4Th Movement (1919)
Lenghty article describing the backgrounds of the May 4Th 1919
Student Protests in Beijing sparking a National Movement.
by the Wikipedia.org
* A Time-Lined Complete but General History outline of China
from the earliest foundings and Dynasty to the Communist Party
* Qianlong Emperor (September 25, 1711 AD – February 7, 1799 AD)
* Islam in China during the Ching Dynasty (1644 AD -1911 AD)
* The Jiuquan Report - History of Jiuquan (Suzhou), including details on the Chinese Nuclear Weapons Program, Ballistic Missile development, and Dongfeng 1 Space Base.
