China's Imperial Dynasties: 1600 BC- AD 1912
By Jonathan Fenby.
Description
From the 17th century BC - when the Shang rulers of the eastern valley of the Yellow River assumed power in the cradle of Chinese civilization - until 1911, when imperial China collapsed in revolutionary chaos, the country was ruled by a succession of powerful dynasties. In China's Imperial Dynasties: 1600 BC - AD 1912, Jonathan Fenby tells their rich, complex and often turbulent story. China's imperial dynasties display a recurring pattern of birth, growth, prosperity and collapse due to external pressures. A number of powerful emperors left a particularly strong imprint on C...
ISBN(s)
0760794618, 9780760794616
