Drawing on numerous primary sources, this volume covers the history of Asia from the reunification of China under the Sui and Tang dynasties from the fifth century CE to Choson Korea in the 16th century, also covering other parts of the continent including India and Japan. The Medieval and Early Modern World tells the colorful story of a pivotal period in human history, an era that is crucial to understanding our own times. The expansion of trade and city life, the spread and reform of religious institutions, the rise of regional empires and local feudal regimes, and revolutionary advances in science and technology laid the foundation for the modern world. Told through the words and experiences of the people who lived it- kings, queens, and commoners, priests and lay people, explorers, scientists, artists, and world travelers- this is a world history for a new generation.

The Asian World, 600-1500 (THE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN WORLD)

Des Forges, Roger V.

MAJOR, JOHN S.

Children's Books

Oxford Univ. Pr.

Drawing on numerous primary sources, this volume covers the history of Asia from the reunification of China under the Sui and Tang dynasties from the fifth century CE to Choson Korea in the 16th century, also covering other parts of the continent including India and Japan. The Medieval and Early Modern World tells the colorful story of a pivotal period in human history, an era that is crucial to understanding our own times. The expansion of trade and city life, the spread and reform of religious institutions, the rise of regional empires and local feudal regimes, and revolutionary advances in science and technology laid the foundation for the modern world. Told through the words and experiences of the people who lived it- kings, queens, and commoners, priests and lay people, explorers, scientists, artists, and world travelers- this is a world history for a new generation.

The Asian World, 600-1500 (The Medieval and Early Modern World.)

History

Asia

Oxford Univ Pr (Txt)

Hsi-liang served China as a public official during the last three reigns of the Ch'ing dynasty and governed ten provinces at various times between 1875 and 1912.

Hsi-liang and the Chinese national revolution ([Yale historical publications. Miscellany)

Yale University Press

The Ming period of Chinese history is often depicted as one of cultural aridity, political despotism, and social stasis. Recent studies have shown that the arts continued to flourish, government remained effective, people enjoyed considerable mobility, and China served as a center of the global economy. This study goes further to argue that China’s perennial quest for cultural centrality resulted in periodic political changes that permitted the Chinese people to retain control over social and economic developments. The study focuses on two and a half million people in three prefectures of northeast Henan, the central province in the heart of the “central plain”―a common synecdoche for China. The author argues that this population may have been more representative of the Chinese people at large than were the residents of more prosperous regions. Many diverse individuals in northeast Henan invoked historical models to deal with the present and shape the future. Though they differed in the lessons they drew, they shared the view that the Han dynasty was particularly relevant to their own time. Han and Ming politics were integral parts of a pattern of Chinese historical development that has lasted to the present.

Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History: Northeast Henan in the Fall of the Ming

Stanford University Press

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The Asian World, 600-1500 (THE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN WORLD)

The Asian World, 600-1500 (The Medieval and Early Modern World.)

Hsi-liang and the Chinese national revolution ([Yale historical publications. Miscellany)

Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History: Northeast Henan in the Fall of the Ming