Chapter One: Legends and Historical Facts from Remote Antiquity
Part One: Pangu, Fuxi and Nuwa
Part Two: Information about Ancient China Gleaned from Archeological Finds
Part Three: Chinese Remote Antiquity in Ancient Documents
Part Four: The Common Ancestors of the Chinese Nation - Yandi and Huangdi
Chapter Two: Countries in Embryonic Form: The Xia and Shang Dynasties
Part One: The Xia Dynasty: First Country with Written Records in China
Part Two: The Shang Dynasty: A Period of Great Prosperity in a Slave Society
Chapter Three: The Period When Oriental Civilization Rose above the
Horizon: The Zhou Dynasty
Part One: The Western Zhou Dynasty
Part Two: The Spring and Autumn Period
Part Three: The Warring States Period
Part Four: The Culture of the Zhou Dynasty
Chapter Four: The First Great Unification of China: The Qin Dynasty
Part One: Systems of the Qin Dynasty
Part Two: The Tyrannical Rule of the First Emperor
Part Three: Peasant Uprisings in the Late Qin Dynasty
Chapter Five: The Development of a Great National Unity: The Han Dynasty
Part One: The Western Han Dynasty
Part Two: The Eastern Han Dynasty
Part Three: The Culture of the Qin and Han Dynasties
Chapter Six: The Trend of Reconciliation during a Period of Disunity: The
Three Kingdoms, Jin, the Northern and Southern Dynasties
Part One: The Period of the Three Kingdoms
Part Two: The Eastern and Western Jin Dynasties and the Sixteen Kingdoms of Five Ethnic Groups
Part Three: The Period of the Northern Dynasty
Part Four: The Southern Dynasty
Part Five: The Culture in the Period ofWei, Jin and Northern & Southern Dynasties
Chapter Seven：Extreme Prosperity in the Chinese Empire：Sui，Tang，and
the Five Dynasties
Part One：A Shon-lived Union：The Sui Dynasty
Part Two：The Prosperity ofZhenguan
PartThree：Enthronemen tofWuZetian and Prosperity oftheKaiyuanYears
Part Four：The Rebellion ofAn and Shi and the Upcoming Collapse of the Tang Dynasty
Part Five：Culture in the Sui and Tang Dynasties
Part Six：Five Dynasties and Ten States
Chapter Eight：A Civil-led Empire：The Northern and Southern Song Dynasties
PartOne：The Northern Song Dynasty
Part TwO：The Southern Song Dynasty
Part Three：The Economy and Culture of the Song Dynasty
Chapter Nine：An Empire on Horseback：The Yruan Dynasty
Part One：“Yellow Perils”SpreadAll Over Eurasia
Part Tw0：The Political Situation ofthe Yuan Dynasty
PartThree：TheEconomy andCultureintheYuanDynasty
Chapter Ten：An Empire Stuck in Absolutism：The Ming Dynasty
Part 0ne：Political Govemance ofthe Ming Dynasty
Part TwO：The Economy and Culture ofthe Ming Dynasty
Chapter Eleven：The Last Empire：The Qing Dynasty
Part One：The Political Situation Just After the Establishment of the Qing Dynasty
Part Two：The Economic Development ofthe Qing Dynasty
Part Three：The Culture of the Qing Dynasty．．
Chapter Twelve：Rebirth Under the Baptism of Blood and Fire：The
Republic of China
Part One：The Early Period of the Republic of China
Part Two：Ten Years of Civil War
Part Three：The War of Resistance Against Japan r1937-1945)
Part Four：The War of Liberation
Part Five：The Economy of the Republic Of China
Part Six：The Culture in the Era ofthe Republic of China
China enjoys a long and magnificent history and a splendid and colorful traditional culture. The book presents the brightest crystals of Chinese culture and history, which occupy only a fraction of the whole, with the purpose of providing our readers with a general but initial understanding of Chinese civilization. As early as the middle 16th century BC China entered the earliest recorded written history and developed the earliest art of writing - inscriptions on oracle bones, and made grand bronze ware and pottery of excellent workmanship. In the following years, Chinese civilization has surprised the whole world with her great inventions and innovations one after the other and rich cultural heritage. The book, divided into 12 chapters from the time of the Remote Antiquity to the Republic of China, shows the readers the vital events taking place during the past thousands of years in Chinese history.
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