Table of Contents

I: Ancient Chinese Civilization: An Orientation to the Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties; II: The Decline of the Zhou, the Period of the Warring States, and the Formation of the Qin and Han Dynasties; III: The Collapse of the Han, a Period of Disunion, and Revitalization; IV: The Sui Dynasty and China's Golden Age, the Tang Dynasty; V: The Song and Yuan Dynasties Revitalize China; VI: The Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Coming of the Opium Wars

About the Author

Barbara Bennett Peterson