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A critical new interpretation of the early history of Chinese civilization based on the most recent scholarship and archaeological discoveries.

In 221 BC, the First Emperor of Qin unified the lands that would become the heart of a Chinese empire. Though forged by conquest, this vast domain depended for

Writing and the Ancient State is a comparative study of the use of writing to create and maintain order in early states.

The study of early China has been radically transformed over the past fifty years by archaeological discoveries, including both textual and non-textual artefact

Along China's Yellow River, a mighty and technologically advanced civilization grew and flourished for thousands of years without any contact from the rest of t