{"product_id":"2940015525113","title":"A HISTORY OF CHINA","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           _THE EARLIEST TIMES_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter I: PREHISTORY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  1 Sources for the earliest history\u003cbr\u003e  2 The Peking Man\u003cbr\u003e  3 The Palaeolithic Age\u003cbr\u003e  4 The Neolithic Age\u003cbr\u003e  5 The eight principal prehistoric cultures\u003cbr\u003e  6 The Yang-shao culture\u003cbr\u003e  7 The Lung-shan culture\u003cbr\u003e  8 The first petty States in Shansi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter II: THE SHANG DYNASTY (_c_. 1600-1028 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  1 Period, origin, material culture\u003cbr\u003e  2 Writing and Religion\u003cbr\u003e  3 Transition to feudalism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e             _ANTIQUITY_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter III: THE CHOU DYNASTY (_c_. 1028-257 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  1 Cultural origin of the Chou and end of the Shang dynasty\u003cbr\u003e  2 Feudalism in the new empire\u003cbr\u003e  3 Fusion of Chou and Shang\u003cbr\u003e  4 Limitation of the imperial power\u003cbr\u003e  5 Changes in the relative strength of the feudal states\u003cbr\u003e  6 Confucius\u003cbr\u003e  7 Lao Tz[)u]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter IV: THE CONTENDING STATES (481-256 B.C.):\u003cbr\u003eDISSOLUTION OF THE FEUDAL SYSTEM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  1 Social and military changes\u003cbr\u003e  2 Economic changes\u003cbr\u003e  3 Cultural changes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter V: THE CH'IN DYNASTY (256-207 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  1 Towards the unitary State\u003cbr\u003e  2 Centralization in every field\u003cbr\u003e  3 Frontier Defence. Internal collapse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e            _THE MIDDLE AGES_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter VI: THE HAN DYNASTY (206 B.C.-A.D. 220)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  1 Development of the gentry-state\u003cbr\u003e  2 Situation of the Hsiung-nu empire; its relation to the\u003cbr\u003e    Han empire. Incorporation of South China\u003cbr\u003e  3 Brief feudal reaction. Consolidation of the gentry\u003cbr\u003e  4 Turkestan policy. End of the Hsiung-nu empire\u003cbr\u003e  5 Impoverishment. Cliques. End of the Dynasty\u003cbr\u003e  6 The pseudo-socialistic dictatorship. Revolt of the \"Red Eyebrows\"\u003cbr\u003e  7 Reaction and Restoration: the Later Han dynasty\u003cbr\u003e  8 Hsiung-nu policy\u003cbr\u003e  9 Economic situation. Rebellion of the \"Yellow Turbans\".\u003cbr\u003e    Collapse of the Han dynasty\u003cbr\u003e 10 Literature and Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter VII: THE EPOCH OF THE FIRST DIVISION OF CHINA (A.D. 220-580)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    (A) _The three kingdoms_ (A.D. 220-265)\u003cbr\u003e  1 Social, intellectual, and economic problems during the\u003cbr\u003e    period of the first division\u003cbr\u003e  2 Status of the two southern Kingdoms\u003cbr\u003e  3 The northern State of Wei\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    (B) _The Western Chin dynasty_ (265-317)\u003cbr\u003e  1 Internal situation in the Chin empire\u003cbr\u003e  2 Effect on the frontier peoples\u003cbr\u003e  3 Struggles for the throne\u003cbr\u003e  4 Migration of Chinese\u003cbr\u003e  5 Victory of the Huns. The Hun Han dynasty\u003cbr\u003e    (later renamed the Earlier Chao dynasty)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    (C) _The alien empires in North China, down to the Toba_\u003cbr\u003e       (A.D. 317-385)\u003cbr\u003e  1 The Later Chao dynasty in eastern North China (Hun; 329-352)\u003cbr\u003e  2 Earlier Yen dynasty in the north-east (proto-Mongol; 352-370),\u003cbr\u003e    and the Earlier Ch'in dynasty in all north China (Tibetan; 351-394)\u003cbr\u003e  3 The fragmentation of north China\u003cbr\u003e  4 Sociological analysis of the two great alien empires\u003cbr\u003e  5 Sociological analysis of the petty States\u003cbr\u003e  6 Spread of Buddhism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    (D) _The Toba empire in North China_ (A.D. 385-550)\u003cbr\u003e  1 The rise of the Toba State\u003cbr\u003e  2 The Hun kingdom of the Hsia (407-431)\u003cbr\u003e  3 Rise of the Toba to a great power\u003cbr\u003e  4 Economic and social conditions\u003cbr\u003e  5 Victory and retreat of Buddhism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    (E) _Succession States of the Toba_ (A.D. 550-580):\u003cbr\u003e      _Northern Ch'i dynasty, Northern Chou dynasty_\u003cbr\u003e  1 Reasons for the splitting of the Toba empire\u003cbr\u003e  2 Appearance of the (Gök) Turks\u003cbr\u003e  3 The Northern Ch'i dynasty; the Northern Chou dynasty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    (F) _The southern empires_\u003cbr\u003e  1 Economic and social situation in the south\u003cbr\u003e  2 Struggles between cliques under the Eastern Chin dynasty\u003cbr\u003e    (A.D. 317-419)\u003cbr\u003e  3 The Liu-Sung dynasty (A.D. 420-478) and the Southern Ch'i dynasty\u003cbr\u003e    (A.D. 479-501)\u003cbr\u003e  4 The Liang dynasty (A.D. 502-556)\u003cbr\u003e  5 The Ch'en dynasty (A.D. 557-588) and its ending by the Sui\u003cbr\u003e  6 Cultural achievements of the south\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter VIII: THE EMPIRES OF THE SUI AND THE T'ANG\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    (A) _The Sui dynasty_ (A.D. 580-618)\u003cbr\u003e  1 Internal situation in the newly unified empire\u003cbr\u003e  2 Relations with Turks and with Korea\u003cbr\u003e  3 Reasons for collapse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    (B) _The T'ang dynasty_ (A.D. 618-906)\u003cbr\u003e  1 Reforms and decentralization\u003cbr\u003e  2 Turkish policy\u003cbr\u003e  3 Conquest of Turkestan and Korea. Summit of power\u003cbr\u003e  4 The reign of the empress Wu: Buddhism and capitalism\u003cbr\u003e  5 Second blossoming of T'ang culture\u003cbr\u003e  6 Revolt of a military governor\u003cbr\u003e  7 The role of the Uighurs. Confiscation of the capital of the\u003cbr\u003e    monasteries\u003cbr\u003e  8 First successful peasant revolt. Collapse of the empire","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175645987056,"sku":"2940015525113","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015525113","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}