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I've noticed a bunch of "Top 100s" lately on the forum and since I'm Chinese and have noticed that a lot of members on here are interested in Chinese history, I've decided to create my own "Top 100" list for Chinese generals and commanders. Please keep in mind that I'm not a professional history...

I have a question about Mao Zedong signatures. At the moment a Mao Zedong autograph is offered here: [Dawsons][Lot 25 - Mao Zedong (1893-1976) Chinese statesman,] Recently a Mao Zedong auction ended (hammer price USD75.000, reserve price not reached): [Goldin][Goldin] Why is a Mao Zedong...

Hi everyone. We all know that Europeans such as the British, French, Belgians and Portuguese (and the Spanish in areas like Guinea) owned a lot of plantations and estates (ie. agriculture), as well as some East Indians in places like Kenya and Tanzania (and Uganda until a certain crazy dictator...

Samuel Hawley claims that Spain was more powerful than Ming China. Note Samuel Hawley is not a historian, his books aren't published by universities and he has absolutely no credentials in the fields mentioned. Hawley also made multiple errors all over his book trying to make Korea and Japan...

Unlike muskets, the bow is more reliable on horseback and is often used during this time period by Jurchen, Mongol and Ming cavalry This is a late Ming dynasty Chinese military bow, called the Dashao Bow 大弰弓 (literally means big siyah bow). This design started to appear frequently in the...

100lb@23.5" wood+bamboo, deflex reflex with horn tips this is version 1 to test the stock before moving up in draw weight if i start heavy and it explode then i have no footages from this test i believe the crossbows below are not spanned with stirrup because it would be around 28 inches of...

This is a quote from the Collection of Chronicles: Document link, 78 page of the book https://paxmongolicadotorg.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/boyle_1971_rashid_al_din.pdf First, surprisingly, we find the fact that the Genghis Khan tribes had a clear concept of the price of human life...

China has a long history of mounted archery. Prior to the Warring States period (475–221 BCE ), shooting from chariot was the primary form of battlefield archery. Eventually, horseback archery replaced chariot archery during the Warring States period. The earliest recorded use of mounted archery...

from: Heavy Manchu war or strength bow | Mandarin Mansion When the Manchu invaded China and founded the Qing dynasty, they introduced their archery culture into China. Manchu archery equipment got widely adopted also by Chinese soldiers, and the Manchu style bow became the standard Chinese bow...

Bamboo Wood Prod Warring states - Han Special thanks to Hackeyedscribe

I know Stalin liked to keep good relations with both parties because he didn't know what would happened and wanted to edge his bets, regardless of ideological harmony, but when (between 1930-49) did he begin to lean more towards CCP instead of the KMT and when did he actually pick one over the...

"...They erected a metal fortress a myriad spans long, Dredged the surrounding moat to form a gaping chasm, Cleared broad avenues, three lanes wide, Placed twelve gates for passage in and out..." Source: Ban Gu, “Two Capitals Rhapsody,” in Wen Xuan or Selections of Refined Literature, vol...

So I bought a lot of old flags from the early 1900s and in it was this flag below. So apparently this is a Chinese flag representing a chimera, a lion or a dragon holding a wheel. What's weird is that I spent half a day looking for information about it on the web to no avail. I looked through...

hello dose any chinese source of the description of the north african maghreb region (or even egypt) exist ? especially if they are from late antiquity or middle age/others periods after middle age thank you please and sorry for my english

The 100 Best Chinese, Japanese and Korean History Books Hello, I created this list to assist in my own education. I'd really like to hear what books people think are missing and are "must reads". It's also helpful to know which titles that are on the list you think are really worthwhile...

A major Chinese majority has existed in Southeast Asia, and let's assume the following naturalistic and historical events in an alternative time space: A Chinese leader (rather similar to Mao Zedong; then, he/she was no communist) organized the Chinese minority on a small island off Borneo; he...

Dear reader, Do you recognise this mansion? It is possible the photo was taken in Hong Kong. The typical bridge leading to the house is in Chinese style, not going in a straight line, to mislead evil spirits. The photo can here be seen in full: Many thanks for your suggestions. Kind...

"Tatar Huntsmen in the Snow". Qing dynasty, based on Sung dynasty original.