This volume chronicles the development of Chinese civilization from Neolithic times to the early first century A.D. and introduces influential figures such as the philosopher Confucius and the emperor Shi Huang Di, who built the Great Wall and commissioned the sculpting of a terra-cotta army.
General Note
Includes index.
Includes chronology.
Includes glossary.
Content Note
Introduction -- The Chinese way -- The seeds of Chinese civilization -- The legendary emperors and the Xia Dynasty -- Shang Dynasty: war and grandeur -- Western Zhou: an age of peace and prosperity -- Eastern Zhou: chaos and solutions -- Qin: the first unified empire -- Early Han: a flowering of culture -- Epilogue: Wang Mang: heaven's mandate, gained and lost.