The Fall Of Imperial China
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- Synopsis
- This study does not seek prerequisites to modernization, but it does try to isolate the inner sources of social change in China before the heyday of European imperialism. Pre-modern Chinese dynastic history can be schematically divided into six major periods. The first, from the sixteenth to the third century B.C., began as a bronze age and ended with an advanced iron technology. During this time Chinese civilization in the Yellow River valley developed writing, a sophisticated bureaucracy, and the great classics of Confucian thought. The second or early imperial period from approximately 200 B.C. to 200 A.D. coincided with Ch'in centralization and the rule of the Han Dynasty, which subjugated parts of Central Asia, created a legal code, opened a state university, expanded and rationalized the bureaucracy, and turned Confucianism into a state creed. When the Han fell, the central government disintegrated and a third period from the third to the sixth centuries saw many different kingdoms, some of them barbarian, rule portions of the empire.
- Copyright:
- 1975
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 276 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780029336908
- Publisher:
- Simon & Schuster
- Date of Addition:
- 02/26/10
- Copyrighted By:
- The Free Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.