03117oam 2200493M 450 991075849090332120240501135626.01-317-50365-10-7656-1600-91-315-71532-5(CKB)3710000000885730(MiAaPQ)EBC4710461(OCoLC)960964584(OCoLC)1100691223(OCoLC-P)960964584(FlBoTFG)9781315715322(EXLCZ)99371000000088573020160802d2016 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAncient China a history /John S. Major, Constance A. Cook1st ed.London :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (301 pages) illustrations, maps0-7656-1599-1 1-317-50366-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction to Ancient China -- Geography, Climate, and the Physical Setting of Chinese History -- The Neolithic Era and the Jade Age -- The Early Bronze Age -- The Shang Dynasty -- The Western Zhou Period -- The Spring and Autumn Period -- The Warring States Period -- The Rise and Fall of the Qin Dynasty -- The Western Han Dynasty through the Reign of Emperor Wu -- The Later Western Han and the Wang Mang Interregnum -- The Han Restoration, the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Three Kingdoms Period."Ancient China: A History surveys the East Asian Heartland Region -- the geographical area that eventually became known as China -- from the Neolithic period through the Bronze Age, to the early imperial era of Qin and Han, up to the threshold of the medieval period in the third century CE. For most of that long span of time there was no such place as "China"; the vast and varied territory of the Heartland Region was home to many diverse cultures that only slowly coalesced, culturally, linguistically, and politically, to form the first recognizably Chinese empires. The field of Early China Studies is being revolutionized in our time by a wealth of archaeologically recovered texts and artefacts. Major and Cook draw on this exciting new evidence and a rich harvest of contemporary scholarship to present a leading-edge account of ancient China and its antecedents. With handy pedagogical features such as maps and illustrations, as well as an extensive list of recommendations for further reading, Ancient China: A History is an important resource for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on Chinese History, and those studying Chinese Culture and Society more generally." -- Publisher's descriptionChinaHistoryTo 221 B.CChinaHistoryQin dynasty, 221-207 B.CChinaHistoryHan dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D931931Major John S.1438072Cook Constance A.OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910758490903321Ancient China3599105UNINA