Great Ming Military

Note:  This blog post was originally part of my Breech-loading Cannons of the Ming Dynasty  article. However, I decided to split (and slight...

Armoured Ming cavalrymen, cropped from 'Ping Fan De Sheng Tu (平番得勝圖)'. While Jia Ding (家丁) was perhaps the most famous Ming Dynasty...

Note : English translation of the titles are taken from Chinese-English Dictionary of Ming Government Official Titles, Third Edition, supple...