The Qing Dynasty: The Last Empire, The Opium Wars & The Fall of the Dragon Throne
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@Ink-and-Empire · 10 days ago
📚 FULL SOURCE LIST — Qing Dynasty<br>All archival images are from Wikimedia Commons, the British Museum, the Palace Museum, and the Library of Congress — public domain or CC0. Highlights:<br>• William Alexander's Macartney Embassy watercolors (1793)<br>• Giuseppe Castiglione's imperial portraits and the Qianlong Grand Review<br>• Nurhaci, Kangxi, and Qianlong court portraits<br>• Treaty of Nerchinsk multilingual manuscripts (1689)<br>• Canton Thirteen Factories panoramic export watercolors<br>Narration and illustrations are AI-assisted; the research and script are human-verified against standard histories. Thanks for watching — one episode, one complete arc.
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