The Open Empire: A History of China to 1800
Hansen, Valerie
The Open Empire: A History of China to 1800 - 2nd, ed. - New York: W.W. Nortan & Company, 2015. - 478p.
The use of Pinyin --
Part I. Inventing China (ca. 1500 B.C.E.-200 C.E.) --
The beginnings of the written record --
The age of the warrior and the thinker : Double Ears and Confucius (770 B.C.E.-221 B.C.E.) --
The creation of empire (221 B.C.E.-200 C.E.) --
Part II. Facing west (C.E. 200-1000) --
China's religious landscape (200-600) --
China's golden age (589-755) --
The An Lushan Rebellion and its aftermath (755-960) --
Part III. Facing north (1000-1800) --
Coming to terms with money : the Song Dynasty (960-1276) --
The northern dynasties : non-Chinese rule in North China (907-1215) --
The Mongols (ca. 1200-1368) --
Continuing the war against the Mongols : the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) --
The Qing empire (1636-1800) --
Epilogue.
9780393973747
China -- History -- To 221 B.C.
China -- History -- 960-1644.
China -- History -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D.
951 / HAN/O
The Open Empire: A History of China to 1800 - 2nd, ed. - New York: W.W. Nortan & Company, 2015. - 478p.
The use of Pinyin --
Part I. Inventing China (ca. 1500 B.C.E.-200 C.E.) --
The beginnings of the written record --
The age of the warrior and the thinker : Double Ears and Confucius (770 B.C.E.-221 B.C.E.) --
The creation of empire (221 B.C.E.-200 C.E.) --
Part II. Facing west (C.E. 200-1000) --
China's religious landscape (200-600) --
China's golden age (589-755) --
The An Lushan Rebellion and its aftermath (755-960) --
Part III. Facing north (1000-1800) --
Coming to terms with money : the Song Dynasty (960-1276) --
The northern dynasties : non-Chinese rule in North China (907-1215) --
The Mongols (ca. 1200-1368) --
Continuing the war against the Mongols : the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) --
The Qing empire (1636-1800) --
Epilogue.
9780393973747
China -- History -- To 221 B.C.
China -- History -- 960-1644.
China -- History -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D.
951 / HAN/O