This enlightening book leads readers though the history of ancient China, up to and through its decline, including how power was centralized within the Zhou roy

After the collapse of the Han dynasty in the third century CE, China divided along a north-south line. This book traces the changes that both underlay and resul

This enlightening book leads readers though the history of ancient China, up to and through its decline, including how power was centralized within the Zhou roy

In 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 i

How social networks shaped the imperial Chinese state China was the world’s leading superpower for almost two millennia, falling behind only in the last two c