China After The Middle Ages
For many years China had been ruled by the Mongols. The Mongols had conquered China and had setup the Yuan Dynasty. The people of China greatly resented their Mongol rulers. In 1368 A.D. a military leader named Zhu Yuanzhang led a rebellion and successfully overthrew the Yuan Dynasty, establishing himself as the new Emperor.
Zhu had been born as a peasant, and had worked his way to power through his successes in the military. After becoming Emperor he named his dynasty the Ming Dynasty, which means ‘brilliant’ in Chinese.
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If we have our own "why" of life, we can bear almost any "how."
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WW II. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.
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