#230 - Ming 19: A Futile & Stupid Barrier

Happy Year of the Tiger!

Great Ming decides that it's going to (re-)(re-)Build a Great, Great, Great Wall...and MAKE THE MONGOLS PAY FOR IT!*

(*claim disputed by Mongolia)

Major Work Cited:

Fairbanks, John King. China: A New History, 2nd Edition.

Mote, Frederick W. “The Ch’eng-hua and Hung-chih Reigns, 1465-1505” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 7: The Ming Dynasty, Part I.

Waldron, Arthur. The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth.

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