Was Ming Dynasty China Almost Converted To Christianity? | Empire Of Time

Matteo Ricci was the first European to be allowed into China's Forbidden City. Trained in geometry and algebra, a young Italian Jesuit priest would soon discover that cosmology and the art of measuring time were at the very center of Chinese civilization and imperial authority, the Emperor's...

49 min - History - Absolute History

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