A History of China
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Chapters (36)
- A HISTORY OF CHINA
- CONTENTS
- THE EARLIEST TIMES
- ANTIQUITY
- THE MIDDLE AGES
- MODERN TIMES
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- MAPS
- INTRODUCTION
- THE EARLIEST TIMES
- Chapter One
- PREHISTORY
- Chapter Two
- ANTIQUITY
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- THE CONTENDING STATES (481-256 B.C.): DISSOLUTION OF THE FEUDAL SYSTEM
- Chapter Five
- THE CH'IN DYNASTY (256-207 B.C.)
- THE MIDDLE AGES
- Chapter Six
- THE HAN DYNASTY (206 B.C.-A.D. 220)
- Chapter Seven
- THE EPOCH OF THE FIRST DIVISION OF CHINA (A.D. 220-580)
- Chapter Eight
- THE EMPIRES OF THE SUI AND THE T'ANG
- MODERN TIMES
- Chapter Nine
- THE EPOCH OF THE SECOND DIVISION OF CHINA
- Chapter Ten
- THE PERIOD OF ABSOLUTISM
- Chapter Eleven
- THE REPUBLIC (1912-1948)
- Chapter Twelve
- PRESENT-DAY CHINA
- NOTES AND REFERENCES
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