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Great Empires: The Chinese Empire
Hardback
Main Details
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Great Empires: The Chinese Empire
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Ellis Roxburgh
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Series | Great Empires |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:48 | Dimensions(mm): Height 242,Width 190 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9780750296649
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Classifications | Dewey:951 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Hachette Children's Group
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Imprint |
Wayland
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Publication Date |
26 November 2015 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The Shang disappeared from history for millennia before chance discoveries in the early 20th century revealed a glimpse of China's first great dynasty. More than 3,500 years ago, the Shang created a state on the Yellow River from where they came to dominate an extensive empire. As this book reveals, over the last 100 years, historians have built a detailed picture of a highly sophisticated civilisation, which laid the foundations for much of modern Chinese life. Each book in the Great Empires series covers a particular empire or regional series of empires, charting its history from its rise to its eventual fall. Concise text and supporting boxes explore the reasons for the empire's success-and its failure-and explain the mechanics of governing the empire and the experience of living under it.
Author Biography
Ellis Roxburgh is an experienced author.
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