China between Empires. The Northern and Southern Dynasties, Paperback - Mark Edward Lewis

After the collapse of the Han dynasty, China divided along a north-south line. Lewis traces the changes that underlay and resulted from this split ...

In 221 BC the First Emperor of Qin unified what would become the heart of a Chinese empire whose major features would endure for two millennia. In ...

Contributor(s): Author: Mark Edward LewisEditor: Timothy BrookThe Tang dynasty is often called China's "golden age, " a period of commercial, relig...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book provides new insight into the creation of the Chinese empire by examining the changing forms of permitted violence--warfare, h...

Shedding new light on the history of the early Chinese empires, Mark Edward Lewis explores the evolution of ideas about honor and shame. He shows t...

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The Mongol takeover in the 1270s changed the course of Chinese history. The Confucian empire--a millennium and a half in the making--was suddenly t...

Introducing: Chinese Dynasties for KidsThe English Reading Tree Book 64A reflective look at Chinese Dynasties that will take children and parents o...

Bringing together results from archaeological investigations carried out in the suburbs to the north and east of the medieval and later City of Che...

In June 1887, a man known as General Husayn, a manumitted slave turned dignitary in the Ottoman province of Tunis, passed away in Florence after a ...

In the months before the First World War, Richard Herncastle joins his Uncle's illusionist act on the Music Hall stage wherehe comes into contact w...

This book is part of an initiative in cooperation with renowned Chinese publishers to make fundamental, formative, and influential Chinese thinkers...

Examines how ancient Greeks, Romans, and Chinese constructed a civilized sense of Self and a 'barbarian' Other, and how these notions held up in cr...

Reducere. DescriptionThe battle is one of wits and cunning, where the strong heart will overcome his enemy.Ex-marine Arthur Nakai spent years as a member of ...

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Reducere. Newsbreaking and controversial -- an award-winning investigative journalist uncovers the thirty-year relationship between the Bush family and the H...

Reducere. ``A great way to learn about China's vast history ``--Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club Excels at clarifying the often-confusing transitional pe...

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.Number of pages: 96Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 203 x 127 x 7Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Mich...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. DescriptionLouisa Coultrie Halloway has returned home as caretaker for the family home on Edisto Island, but years before she left this world behin...

Reducere. This fresh and comprehensive analysis of the creative works of Lewis Carroll addresses with authority the dominant issues and events in the life an...

Reducere. There are literally hundreds of books written on the Tarot. However, this is probably the only one with a "streetwise" approach. This unorthodox sy...

From the slaves used to build the Great Wall to the Tiananmen Square protests, the illustrated China - A Dark History takes an expert sweep across ...

Reducere. Debunking conventional narratives of Afghanistan as a perennial war zone or marginal frontier, Faiz Ahmed presents a vibrant account of the first M...

Reducere. Eroticism cut from classical mythology, ritual, and intimacy In The Flesh Between Us the speaker explores our connections to each other, whether th...

This book examines the controversial role of the courts in the policymaking process and resolution of public policy conflicts by analyzing the liti...

Reducere. DescriptionKorea Between Empires chronicles the development of a Korean national consciousness. It focuses on two critical periods in Korean histor...

Publisher: Tor TeenAuthor(s): Joanna HathawayNumber of pages: 432Collection: Glass AlliancePublication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 203 x 32Cover ty...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Colin ThubronNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 198 x 23Cover type: Paperback / so...

Reducere. DescriptionAncient China has a history very rich in culture and traditions. It has gone through leaders and dynasties, and all of these transformed...

Reducere. Spurred first by the civil rights debates of the 1960s and 1970s, then by the culture wars of the following decades, the Chicago Historical Society...

Originally part of a set, now sold separately, Volume 7 of Sub-Saharan Africa Architectural Guide is dedicated to Southern Africa, between the Atla...

A technological analysis of lithic assemblages from southern France and Northern Italy, this work aims to reconstruct the entire reduction sequence...

Northern Soul features 90 recipes for Southern cooking influenced by star chef Justin Sutherland's upbringing in both the Northern Midwest and the ...

Until the Stormont Assembly collapsed in 2017, Northern Ireland had often been promoted in mainstream media as a newly prosperous, modern, post-con...

Reducere. DescriptionSteam railroading became an integral part of the communities in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota in the late 1800s. The railroad pro...

Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): Mark ShearwoodIllustration(s): 1 map, 6 ills, 93 photosNumber of pages: 120Collection: Helion WargamesPublica...

Reducere. The most admired travel writer of our time--author of Shadow of the Silk Road and To a Mountain in Tibet--recounts an eye-opening, often perilous j...

Reducere. The History of Starved Rock provides a wonderful overview of the famous site in Utica, Illinois, from when European explorers first viewed the bluf...

Can a Christian be possessed? Do God's angels and Satan's demons dwell unseen among us, engaged in spiritual warfare? Are ghosts and spirit manifes...

Battles, revolution, and romance collide in Southern Sun, Northern Star, the conclusion to Joanna Hathaway's stunning, World Wars-inspired fantasy ...

Reducere. Southern Seed, Northern Soil captures the exceptional history of the Beech and Roberts settlements, two African-American and mixed-race farming com...