The use of Pinyin
Part I. Inventing China (ca. 1500 B.C.E.-200 C.E.)
The beginnings of the written record
The age of the warrior and the thinker : Double Ears and Confucius (770 B.C.E.-221 B.C.E.)
The creation of empire (221 B.C.E.-200 C.E.)
Part II. Facing west (C.E. 200-1000)
China's religious landscape (200-600)
China's golden age (589-755)
The An Lushan Rebellion and its aftermath (755-960)
Part III. Facing north (1000-1600)
Coming to terms with money : the Song Dynasty (960-1276)
The northern dynasties : non-Chinese rule in North China (907-1215)
The Mongols (ca. 1200-1368)
Continuing the war against the Mongols : the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
The Qing empire (1636-1800)
Epilogue.
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The open empire : a history of China to 1800 by Valerie Hansen. ISBN 9780393938777. Published by W.W. Norton & Company in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
