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China in world history /

Here is a fascinating compact history of Chinese political, economic, and cultural life, ranging from the origins of civilization in China to the beginning of the 21st century. Historian Paul Ropp combines vivid story-telling with astute analysis to shed light on some of the larger questions of Chin...

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Основен автор: Ropp, Paul S., 1944-
Формат: Книга
Език: English
Публикувано: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Серия: New Oxford world history.
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Съдържание:
  • The formative age : beginnings to third century BCE
  • - The first empires : Qin (221-206 BCE) and Han (206 BCE-220 CE)
  • - The era of division (220-589)
  • - Reunified empires : Sui (581-618) and Tang (618-907)
  • - Diminished empire and nomadic challengers : Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1279-1368)
  • - Early modern China : Ming (1368-1644) and early Qing (1644-1800)
  • - Decline, fall, and aftermath of the Qing empire (1800-1920)
  • - Civil wars, invasion, and the rise of communism (1920-1949)
  • - The People's Republic of China (1949 to the present).