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Made In China: Fine Art from the Middle Kingdom to Minnesota

China ships

Clip: Episode 3 | 5m 34sVideo has Closed Captions

In 907 C.E., trade routes taken over by bandits. Pushes China to turn to oceans to...

In 907 C.E., trade routes taken over by bandits. Pushes China to turn to oceans to trade its wares. City of Suzhou, the Venice of the East. New technologies allow ships to safely venture onto the open sea.

05/14/2005

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