A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.]

by Wolfram Eberhard

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Contents

1. Introduction
2. Prehistory
3. The Shang Dynasty ( c. 1600-1028 B.C.)
4. The Chou Dynasty ( c. 1028-257 B.C.)
5. The Contending States (481-256 B.C.): Dissolution of the Feudal System
6. The Ch'in Dynasty (256-207 B.C.)
7. The Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220)
8. (A) The three kingdoms (220-265)
9. (B) The Western Chin dynasty (A.D. 265-317)
10. (C) The alien empires in North China, down to the Toba (A.D. 317-385)
11. (D) The Toba empire in North China (A.D. 385-550)
12. (E) Succession States of the Toba (A.D. 550-580): Northern Ch'i dynasty, Northern Chou dynasty
13. (F) The Southern Empires
14. Principal dynasties of North and South China
15. (A) The Sui dynasty (A.D. 580-618)
16. (B) The T'ang dynasty (A.D. 618-906)
17. (A) The period of transition: the Five Dynasties (A.D. 906-960)
18. (B) Period of Moderate Absolutism
19. (A) The Mongol Epoch (1280-1368)
20. (B) The Ming Epoch (1368-1644)
21. (C) The Manchu Dynasty (1644-1911)
22. The Republic (1912-1948)
23. Present-Day China
24. Notes and References

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