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China: A History
Harold M. Tanner
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Table of Contents
PART I – THE EARLY EMPIRE: BUILDING INSTITUTIONS AND IDENTITY, 2070(?) BCE–220 CE
Chapter 1: From Myth to History: The Beginnings of the Chinese State and Culture in the Xia, Shang, and Western Zhou Dynasties (4 images)
Chapter 2: The Age of Fighting and Philosophy: The Eastern Zhou Dynasty (3 images)
Chapter 3: From Feudal States to Bureaucratic Empire: The Qin and Western Han Dynasties (8 images)
Chapter 4: The Decline and Fall of Eastern Civilization: The Xin and Eastern Han Dynasties (8 images)
PART II – CULTURAL INTERACTION AND TRANSFORMATION, 220–1368
Chapter 5: The Age of Warriors and Buddhists: The Three Kingdoms, Western Jin, and the Period of North-South Division (3 images)
Chapter 6: A Multi-Ethnic Empire: The Sui and Tang Dynasties (3 images)
Chapter 7: Competing Suns in Heaven: The Song and Its Neighbors (3 images)
Chapter 8: China in the Mongol Empire: The Yuan Dynasty (5 images)
PART III – A NEW CONFUCIAN EMPIRE, 1368–1911
Chapter 9: A Model Government for the Ages: The Early to Mid-Ming Dynasty (4 images)
Chapter 10: Wealth and Instability: The Mid- and Late Ming (3 images)
Chapter 11: A Manchu Empire: The Qing Dynasty to 1799 (5 images)
Chapter 12: The Qing Dynasty's 19th-Century Crises (3 images)
PART IV – THE ROAD TO WEALTH AND POWER, 1911–Present
Chapter 13: Struggling to Build a Nation: The 1911 Revolution and the Early Republic, 1912–26 (3 images)
Chapter 14: Years of Turmoil: China Under Chiang Kai-shek's Guomindang Government (3 images)
Chapter 15: The People's Republic of China: The Mao Era (2 images)
Chapter 16: The March Toward Wealth and Power (4 images)
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PART I
THE EARLY EMPIRE: BUILDING INSTITUTIONS AND IDENTITY, 2070(?) BCE–220 CE
Chapter 1:
From Myth to History: The Beginnings of the Chinese State and Culture in the Xia, Shang, and Western Zhou Dynasties
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Shang Taotie Mask (1/4)
Bronze Battle Axe (2/4)
Oracle Bone (3/4)
San Xing Dui / Zong Mu Mian Ju (4/4)
Chapter 2:
The Age of Fighting and Philosophy: The Eastern Zhou Dynasty
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Eastern Zhou Bronze (1/3)
The Grave of Confucius (2/3)
Confucius (3/3)
Chapter 3:
From Feudal States to Bureaucratic Empire: The Qin and Western Han Dynasties
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Terracotta Officer (1/8)
Terracotta Statues (2/8)
Terracotta Men (3/8)
Terracotta Warrior (4/8)
Terracotta Army (5/8)
Zhang Qian Travels (6/8)
Silk Banner (7/8)
Woven Silk (8/8)
Chapter 4:
The Decline and Fall of Eastern Civilization: The Xin and Eastern Han Dynasties
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Han Brocade (1/8)
Pottery Palace (2/8)
Gentlemen (3/8)
Pottery Tower (4/8)
Terracotta Army (5/8)
Zhang Qian Travels (6/8)
Silk Banner (7/8)
Woven Silk (8/8)
PART II
CULTURAL INTERACTION AND TRANSFORMATION, 220–1368
Chapter 5:
The Age of Warriors and Buddhists: The Three Kingdoms, Western Jin, and the Period of North-South Division
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Confucius and Buddha (1/3)
Calligraphy (2/3)
Buddha's Cave (3/3)
Chapter 6:
A Multi-Ethnic Empire: The Sui and Tang Dynasties
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Polo (1/3)
Li Kung (2/3)
Longmen (3/3)
Chapter 7:
Competing Suns in Heaven: The Song and Its Neighbors
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Fire Lance (1/3)
Along the River (2/3)
Hydraulic Mill (3/3)
Chapter 8:
China in the Mongol Empire: The Yuan Dynasty
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Genghis Portrait (1/5)
Khubilai Portrait (2/5)
Yuan Empress (3/5)
Emaciated Horse (4/5)
Wind Bamboos (5/5)
PART III
A NEW CONFUCIAN EMPIRE, 1368–1911
Chapter 9:
A Model Government for the Ages: The Early to Mid-Ming Dynasty
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Hongwu Emperor (1/4)
Yongle Emperor (2/4)
Great Wall (3/4)
Giraffe Painting (4/4)
Chapter 10:
Wealth and Instability: The Mid- and Late Ming
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Matteo (1/3)
Qichang (2/3)
Ming (3/3)
Chapter 11:
A Manchu Empire: The Qing Dynasty to 1799
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Kangxi Emperor (1/5)
Qianlong Emperor (2/5)
Exam Hall (3/5)
Myna (4/5)
Chinnery (5/5)
Chapter 12:
The Qing Dynasty's 19th-Century Crises
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First Opium War (1/3)
Empress (2/3)
Prisoners (3/3)
PART IV
THE ROAD TO WEALTH AND POWER, 1911–Present
Chapter 13:
Struggling to Build a Nation: The 1911 Revolution and the Early Republic, 1912–26
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Puyi (1/3)
Sun Yat-sen (2/3)
Shanghai Bund (3/3)
Chapter 14:
Years of Turmoil: China Under Chiang Kai-shek's Guomindang Government
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Chiang Kai-shek (1/3)
Stilwell (2/3)
Planes (3/3)
Chapter 15:
The People's Republic of China: The Mao Era
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16 Articles (1/2)
Mao Zedong and Nixon (2/2)
Chapter 16:
The March Toward Wealth and Power
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Deng (1/4)
Democracy (2/4)
Shanghai (3/4)
Tiananmen (4/4)