China in World History

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China in World History Paul S. Ropp 1 2010 The New Oxford World History ...

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Editors’ Preface........................... ix Preface.................................. xi CHAPTER 1 The Formative Age: Beginni ...

viii Contents Notes. Further Reading. Websites Acknowledgments Index ...

Editors’ Preface T his book is part of the New Oxford World History, an innova- tive series that offers readers an informed, liv ...

x Editors’ Preface connectedness and interactions of all kinds—cultural, economic, politi- cal, religious, and social—involving ...

Preface M y purpose in this book is to narrate the long history of China within the larger context of world history. At each ste ...

xii Preface Taiwan Hainan YellowRiver WestRiver LiaoRiver HuaiRiver YangziR iver Yellow Sea East China Sea South China Sea Bay o ...

Preface xiii forested steppe lands of Siberia in the far north, the forested mountains of Manchuria in the northeast, and the ar ...

xiv Preface In central China, the Yangzi River carries far more water than the Yellow River and provides a major transportation ...

Preface xv undeniable that the Chinese have long shown a keen interest, and great skill, in organizing people for specialized ta ...

and viewed their world. I will also try to situate these developments within the context of world history, noting parallel or co ...

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I n the 1920s, at a village called Zhoukoudian, twenty-seven miles southwest of Beijing, a team of Chinese and Swedish archeolog ...