Table of Contents

Part One: THE FOUNDATIONS OF EAST ASIAN CIVILIZATION IN CHINA . Chapter 1. China in the Bronze Age: The Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties (ca. 1500-771 B.C.E.). Chapter 2. Philosophers and Warring States During the Eastern Zhou Period (770-256 B.C.E.). Chapter 3. The Founding of the Bureaucratic Empire: Qin-Han China (256 B.C.E.-200 C.E.). Chapter 4. Political Division in China and the Spread of Buddhism (200-580). Chapter 5. The Cosmopolitan Empires of Sui and Tang China (581-960). Part Two: THE EMERGENCE OF EAST ASIAN CIVILIZATION. Chapter 6. Early Korea to 935. Chapter 7. Early State and Society in Japan (to 794). Chapter 8. China Among Equals: Song, Liao, Xia, and Jin. Chapter 9. Heian Japan (794-ca. 1180). Chapter 10. Koryo Korea (935-1392). Chapter 11. Kamakura Japan (1180-1333). Chapter 12. China Under Mongol Rule (1215-1368). Part Three: Meeting New Challenges (1300-1800). Chapter 13. Japan's Middle Ages (1330-1600). Chapter 14. The Ming Empire in China (1368-1644). Chapter 15. Choson Korea (1392-1800). Chapter 16. The Creation of the Manchu Empire (1600-1800). Chapter 17. Edo Japan (1603-1800).