LEADER 03771oam 2200685M 450 001 9910758490903321 005 20251116171616.0 010 $a9781317503651 010 $a1317503651 010 $a9780765616005 010 $a0765616009 010 $a9781315715322 010 $a1315715325 035 $a(CKB)3710000000885730 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4710461 035 $a(OCoLC)960964584$z(OCoLC)1100691223 035 $a(OCoLC-P)960964584 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781315715322 035 $a(ScCtBLL)2151ab78-b505-4602-a3de-0cb0daf7f8db 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000885730 100 $a20160802d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aAncient China $ea history /$fJohn S. Major, Constance A. Cook 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (301 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 08$a9780765615992 311 08$a0765615991 311 08$a9781317503668 311 08$a131750366X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction 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. 330 $a"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 description 606 $aSocial Science / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General$2bisacsh 606 $aHistory / Asia / China$2bisacsh 606 $aSocial Science / Regional Studies$2bisacsh 606 $aHistory 606 $aSocial sciences 607 $aChina$xHistory$yTo 221 B.C 607 $aChina$xHistory$yQin dynasty, 221-207 B.C 607 $aChina$xHistory$yHan dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D 615 7$aSocial Science / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General 615 7$aHistory / Asia / China 615 7$aSocial Science / Regional Studies 615 0$aHistory 615 0$aSocial sciences 676 $a931 676 $a931 700 $aMajor$b John S.$01438072 702 $aCook$b Constance A. 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910758490903321 996 $aAncient China$93599105 997 $aUNINA