-- ken wrote: > > And when was this stagnation? R.A. Hettinga wrote: > Two words: Ming Navy
For those who need more words, the Qing Dynasty forbade
ownership or building of ocean going vessels, on pain of death
- the early equivalent of the iron curtain.
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