China in World History

22 China in World History were forced to move to the Qin capital of Xianyang, where new palaces were built for them and they wer ...

The First Empires 23 discovered the head of such a warrior, and this has led Chinese archae- ologists to one of the most spectac ...

24 China in World History synthesizing rather than destroying many of the trends and traditions of the Zhou era. New tomb fi nds ...

The First Empires 25 the world of the moral and political legitimacy of his new empire. Liu Bang was one of only two emperors in ...

26 China in World History Yarkand Kashgar Khotan Bukhara Tashkent Taxila Merv Barbarikon AralSea Caspian Sea Arabian Sea Persian ...

The First Empires 27 Luoyang Chang’an Guangzhou Turfan Dunhuang South China Sea East China Sea Yello wRiver Yangz iRive r Mekong ...

28 China in World History campaign, and in 134 bce began a series of military campaigns against the Xiongnu nomads, ultimately p ...

The First Empires 29 other religious accoutrements such as incense, made their way to China by both land and sea. Han Wudi was t ...

30 China in World History Historian. He climbed the Mountain of Fame to a greater height than he could have imagined, and he rep ...

The First Empires 31 Guangwu also moved the Han capital several hundred kilometers east of the destroyed Chang’an to the city of ...

32 China in World History The relative peace and stability of the Han dynasty over several centuries produced a population of so ...

The First Empires 33 or alive, helps explain why so many tombs of the Han elite were fi lled with household and luxury goods. In ...

34 China in World History She wrote many poems, helped her brother Ban Gu complete his Han dynastic history, and wrote Precepts ...

The First Empires 35 herPrecepts for My Daughters can be read as an effective manual of survival for women in a dangerous and ma ...

36 China in World History ended the practice of peasant conscription (partly out of fear of armed peasant rebellions) and relied ...

W hen the last Han emperor was killed in 220, there were three powerful warlord families who each hoped to restore order quickly ...

38 China in World History the stirrup, laid waste to the Jin capital, Luoyang, in 311. For more than a century thereafter, north ...

The Era of Division 39 abundant rainfall and the many streams and tributaries of the Yangzi River, to become China’s richest ric ...

40 China in World History During the era of division, China was also greatly transformed in terms of art, culture, and religion. ...

The Era of Division 41 both boring and immoral. He said he preferred to avoid the hypocri- sies of the court and to enjoy instea ...