Hollihan-Elliot, Sheila.
Ancient history of China / Sheila Hollihan-Elliot. - Philadelphia : Mason Crest Publishers, c2006. - 120 p. col. ill., col. map - The history and culture of China .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Chinese way -- The seeds of Chinese civilization -- The legendary emperors and the Xia dynasty -- Shang dynasty: war and grandeur -- Western Zhou: an age of peace and prosperity -- Eastern Zhou: chaos and solutions -- Qin: the first unified empire -- Early Han: a flowering of culture -- Epilogue: Wang Mang: heaven's mandate, gained and lost.
Presents China's important formative legends; relates the story of China's early Bronze and Iron Age cultures; chronicles the chaotic periods of warfare that preceded the unification of the country in the third century B.C.; and introduces influential figures.
Grades 9-12.
1590848225 : $24.95
2004022618
China--History.
DS741.5 / .H65 2006
931
Ancient history of China / Sheila Hollihan-Elliot. - Philadelphia : Mason Crest Publishers, c2006. - 120 p. col. ill., col. map - The history and culture of China .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Chinese way -- The seeds of Chinese civilization -- The legendary emperors and the Xia dynasty -- Shang dynasty: war and grandeur -- Western Zhou: an age of peace and prosperity -- Eastern Zhou: chaos and solutions -- Qin: the first unified empire -- Early Han: a flowering of culture -- Epilogue: Wang Mang: heaven's mandate, gained and lost.
Presents China's important formative legends; relates the story of China's early Bronze and Iron Age cultures; chronicles the chaotic periods of warfare that preceded the unification of the country in the third century B.C.; and introduces influential figures.
Grades 9-12.
1590848225 : $24.95
2004022618
China--History.
DS741.5 / .H65 2006
931