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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 B̀arbarian' 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. Introducing China -- Geography Of China -- Cultural Treasures -- Agriculture And Economy -- Science And Thchnology -- Archaeology In China -- Origins: Prehistoric China -- Early Humans In East Asia -- The Advent Of Agriculture -- Neolithic Cultures -- The 'three Dynasties': The Ancient Kingdoms -- The Xia Dynasty -- The Shang Dynasty -- The Zhou Dynasty -- Unification And Expansion: The First Chinese Empires -- The Qin Dynasty -- The Former Han Dynasty -- The Later Han Dynasty -- Partition And Conflict: The Period Of Divis

Author

John (consultant) Makeham

Publisher

Thames & Hudson Ltd

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780500251423

Subjects

History, Humanities