Ancient China: Foundations
Chapter 1
China in the Bronze Age: The Shang and Zhou
1500 – 771 BCE
Chapter 2
Philosophers and Warring States
770 – 256 BCEImperial China: Unification & Expansion
Chapter 3
The Founding of the Bureaucratic Empire: Qin–Han
256 BCE – 200 CE
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The Qin Unification
First Emperor, Legalist State, and Imperial Foundations
The Han Founding
From Rebel to Dynasty: Building the Han Order
Empire, Expansion, and Collapse
Han Power, Frontier War, and the Costs of Empire
The Silk Road
Trade Networks, Diplomacy, and Cultural Exchange
Chapter 4
Political Division in China
200 – 580 CE
Chapter 5
The Cosmopolitan Empires of Sui and Tang
591 – 960 CEMiddle Period: Song through Ming
Chapter 8
China Among Equals
907 – 1279
Chapter 12
China Under Mongol Rule
1215 – 1368
Chapter 14
The Ming Empire
1368 – 1644Late Imperial & Modern China
Chapter 16
The Creation of the Manchu Empire
1600 – 1800
Chapter 18
China in Decline
1800 – 1900
Chapter 24
Remaking China
Late Qing Reform Era
Chapter 25
War and Revolution
1912 – 1949
Chapter 27
China Under Mao
1949 – 1976
Chapter 28