The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han, Volume 1In 221 BC, the First Emperor of Qin unified the lands that would become the heart of a Chinese empire. Though forged by conquest, this vast domain depended for its political survival on a fundamental reshaping of Chinese culture. With this informative book, we are present at the creation of an ancient imperial order whose major features would endure for two millennia. |
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User Review - Shrike58 - LibraryThingSo, while it's true that this is kind of a dry monograph, that's almost a virtue, as the author gives you the schematics of how the Qin dynasty differed from the Zhou and the Warring States that ... Read full review
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User Review - stillatim - LibraryThingI have never felt so much the dirty, smelly Westerner that I am as while I was reading the opening chapters of this book. While my ancestors were eating chestnuts, probably raw, and fighting a rear ... Read full review
Contents
Introduction I | 1 |
A State Organized for War | 30 |
The Paradoxes of Empire | 51 |
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Rome and China: Comparative Perspectives on Ancient World Empires Walter Scheidel Limited preview - 2009 |