Ming Dynasty Dingling MausoleumBEIJING, CHINA - MAY 6, 2018 - (FILE) Buildings of Dingling Mausoleum of Ming Dynasty and funerary objects such as crowns, phoenixes, gold ware and ornaments are seen in Changping district of Beijing, capital of China, May 6, 2018. From May 1956 to July 1958, the Ming Dingling Mausoleum was excavated. It is the only mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty emperor that has been excavated so far. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Allied French and English troops storm through a breech in the fortifications of Canton (Guangzhou), China. The event occurred during the Taiping Rebellion, a war begun by a Kwangsi district schoolmaster and mystic Hong Xiuquan, 38, who believed himself the younger brother of Jesus Christ.

Chinese lute p'i-p'a, moon guitar yue-chin and table zither tchin; detail of a painting on silk of the Ming dynasty (1330-1644).', 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner. [Spring Books, London, 1948]. Artist Unknown. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

Printing office, c1600.Printing office, c1600. On the left compositors are at work setting up text using letters from a 'case' in front of them. In the centre background type is being inked ready to be printed on to paper in a flatbed screwjack press at centre right. Paper is hung up to allow ink to dry before being stacked in a pile by a boy at centre front. A master printer in a fur-lined gown supervises the enterprise. From Nova reperta by Joannes Stradanus (Jan van der Straet). (Antwerp, c1600). (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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