Is China
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Is China

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  1. 152 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Is China

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About this book

This Is China: The First 5, 000 Years contains, in brief, everything we need to know about 5, 000 years of history, 30 years of "e;opening, "e; and a future that promises to shape the 21st century for all of us. Drawn from the vast resources of the Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, this concise 120-page book is recommended for classroom use, curriculum development, and student review."e;It is hard to imagine that such a short book can cover such a vast span of time and space. This Is China: The First 5, 000 Years will help teachers, students, and general readers alike, as they seek for a preliminary guide to the contexts and complexities of Chinese culture."e;

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Table of contents

  1. Praise for This Is China
  2. Editorial Board
  3. Publisher’s Note
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1: Background—The Land and the People
  6. Physical Geography
  7. Human Geography
  8. Chapter 2: From Prehistory to the End of the Empire
  9. Xia Dynasty: Real or Legendary?
  10. Shang Dynasty: Ancestor Worship and Oracle Bones
  11. Zhou Dynasty: Bronze, Jade, and Confucius
  12. Qin Dynasty: Terracotta Soldiers
  13. Han Dynasty: Paper, Porcelain, and the Silk Roads
  14. Southern and Northern Dynasties
  15. Sui Dynasty: China United
  16. Tang Dynasty: Poetry and Literature
  17. Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
  18. Song Dynasty
  19. Jurchen Jin Dynasty
  20. Yuan Dynasty: Mongol Rule
  21. Ming Dynasty: Building the Great Wall
  22. Qing Dynasty: Manchu Rule
  23. Chapter 3: A Century of Change—From 1912 to Today
  24. China as a Republic
  25. The War with Japan and the Chinese Civil War
  26. Communists in Power: The Early Years
  27. The Cultural Revolution
  28. China After Mao
  29. Chapter 4: China Today
  30. Resources
  31. Index