#Awesomecon #ArtistAlley featuring Creator #PierreDimaculangan! I picked up the first two novels of his #TrialsoftheMiddleKingdom Trilogy: The Sage, The Swordsman and the Scholars and Clash of Alliances! If you're into #fantasy #historical epics, I highly recommend Pierre's work! Check out his site on pierredim.net/books, FB (PierreKD) Twitter (@PierreDim) #novel #MiddleKingdom #China #MedievalChina #FilipinoAmerican #authorsofinstagram #Author #picoftheday #bestoftheday #instagood #actionadventure (at Awesome Con)

Students in China studying for the all-important civil service exam for anyone who wanted to work in government. I think this is Song Dynasty, 1100s AD. #backtoschool #backtoschool2017 #teachersofinstagram #medievalchina #songdynasty #schoolinchina

The first movable type, from China in the 1000s AD, was created by Pi Sheng. Earliest Chinese printers had used block printing for scrolls, but the new invention of books made movable type more useful. It turned out to be hard to use with so many Chinese characters, though - movable type worked better with the alphabet, so it caught on faster in the west. #printing #movabletype #medievalchina #medievaleurope #alphabet #gutenberg #pisheng

A giraffe in China. In 1413, Zheng He's ships sailed to Bengal in India, where in 1414 they met ambassadors from Malindi in East Africa (now Kenya). The African guys had giraffes with them, and they gave one of those giraffes to the Chinese, who took it home. A year later, the Africans sent another giraffe to China, along with a zebra. Later they sent even more animals. #giraffe #kenyahistory #mingdynasty #medievalchina #medievaltrade

The Pleasure of Fishes (met museum NYC) by Zhou Dongqing (Yuan Dynasty, late 1200s) is a Taoist painting which refers to a famous story about recognizing feelings of joy in others. Holding the Tao in my heart today as events unfold around me. #taoism or #daoism #yuandynasty #metropolitanmuseumofart #medievalchina #china #zhoudongqing

On June 1st, 1298 AD - Genghis Khan and the Mongols capture the city of Beijing, in northern China, ending the Song Dynasty. #mongols #otd #onthisday #todayinhistory #genghiskhan #medievalchina #songdynasty

People followed Islam over such a wide zone that the last #Ramadan post was in Mali, in West Africa, and this mosque is thousands of miles away in Xi'an, China, and was built first in the 700s AD and then rebuilt in the 1300s. #mosque #ramadan2017 #islamicarchitecture #medievalchina #tangdynasty #mingdynasty

#historyofscience : In the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance Chinese scientists invented a lot of new machinery. #medievalchina #steel