"Presents stories of kings and queens, generals, battles, and courtiers from the Zhou Dynasty, when China was ruled by kings from 1046 BC to 221 BC. It was the

Presents nineteen true stories about historical figures from China's Zhou Dynasty and Imperial Era, from 1046 B.C. to 1911 A.D., including stories about kings,

Journey across epic China—through millennia of early innovation to modern dominance. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one r

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A deep and rigorous, yet eminently accessible introduction to the political, social, and cultural development of imperial Chinese civilisation, this volume deve