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Autore |
Wright David |
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From War to Diplomatic Parity in Eleventh-Century China : Sung's Foreign Relations with Kitan Liao / / David Wright |
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Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005 |
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1-280-86834-1 |
9786610868346 |
1-4294-5346-X |
90-474-0782-2 |
1-4337-0632-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Collana |
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History of Warfare ; ; 33 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Diplomatic relations |
History & Archaeology |
China Foreign relations 960-1644 |
China History, Military 960-1644 |
China History Song dynasty, 960-1279 |
China History Liao dynasty, 947-1125 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Sung-Liao Diplomacy in the History of Chinese Foreign Relations -- Chapter Two: The Sung-Liao War of 1004-1005 and the Covenant of Shan-yüan -- Chapter Three: Embassies -- Chapter Four: Routine Diplomatic Missives -- Chapter Five: Embassy Reports -- Chapter Six: Mid-century Crisis -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This study of relations between Sung China (960-1279) and Kitan Liao (916-1125), a state on Sung's northern border, is both a military and diplomatic history and a history of diplomacy. Its first chapters historically contextualise the equality of Sung-Liao diplomacy and narrate how, during the late tenth and early eleventh centuries, the two states fought each other to a standstill before concluding peace at Shan-yüan in 1005. Later chapters cover the forms and textures of |
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