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The World's Oldest Living Civilization Revealed
John Makeham, Paul D. Buell
ISBN: 9780500251423
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd
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China boasts a recorded history that dates back more than 3,500 years, and the Chinese people have endowed the rest of the world with an enduring legacy. Compiled by an international team of archaeologists, historians and Sinologists and incorporating the latest archaeological findings, China…
China boasts a recorded history that dates back more than 3,500 years, and the Chinese have endowed the rest of the world with an enduring legacy. "China" examines the turbulent history of this immense nation, including the inventiveness of the Bronze Age society, the Barbarian invasions, the conquest by Genghis Khan, the rise and fall of the dynasties, and the Opium Wars. It takes in the architecture of the emperors; the magnificent buildings of the Forbidden City; the imperial tombs, and the mysterious entombed warriors. It also surveys Chinese culture and social history, including the rise of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, and the cult of ancestor worship.
| ISBN | 0500251428 | | Pages | 368 | | ISBN13 | 9780500251423
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 2400 | | Imprint | Thames & Hudson Ltd | | Published in | London | | Format | Hardback | | Series title | Ancient Civilizations | | Publication date | 27 Oct 2008 | | Height (mm) | 300 | | DEWEY | 931 | | Width (mm) | 229 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General, Tertiary education |
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| | | Introducing China | | 10 | | | | Geography of China | | 12 | | | | Cultural Treasures | | 14 | | | | Agriculture and Economy | | 16 | | | | Science and Thchnology | | 18 | | | | Archaeology in China | | 20 | | | | Origins: Prehistoric China | | 22 | | | | Early Humans in East Asia | | 26 | | | | The Advent of Agriculture | | 34 | | | | Neolithic Cultures | | 44 | | | | The 'Three Dynasties': The Ancient Kingdoms | | 56 | | | | The Xia Dynasty | | 60 | | | | The Shang Dynasty | | 64 | | | | The Zhou Dynasty | | 82 | | | | Unification and Expansion: The First Chinese Empires | | 106 | | | | The Qin Dynasty | | 110 | | | | The Former Han Dynasty | | 130 | | | | The Later Han Dynasty | | 150 | | | | Partition and Conflict: The Period of Division | | 164 | | | | The Three Kingdoms and Two Jin Dynasties | | 168 | | | | The Southern and Northern Dynasties | | 176 | | | | Great Changes: The Tang-Song Transition | | 186 | | | | The Sui Dynasty | | 190 | | | | The Tang Dynasty | | 204 | | | | The Song Dynasty | | 230 | | | | The Mongol Yuan Dynasty | | 258 | | | | Late Imperial China: The Ming and Qing Dynasties | | 276 | | | | The Ming Dynasty | | 280 | | | | The Manchu Qing Dynasty | | 312 | | | | Chronology | | 352 | | | | Further Reading | | 354 | | | More... | | |
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