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In 1659, a vast and unusual map of China arrived in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. It was bequeathed by John Selden, a London business lawyer ...
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 thrust under ...
China is one of the oldest states in the world. It achieved its approximate current borders with the Ascendancy of the Yuan dynasty in the ...
FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND CO-HOST OF THE CHART-TOPPING EMPIRE PODCAST - A REVOLUTIONARY NEW HISTORY OF THE DIFFUSION OF INDIAN IDEAS
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The gripping story of Taiwan, from the flood myths of ancient legend to its 'Asian Tiger' economic miracle - and the looming threat of invasion by ...
'Pithy, admirable ... a most refreshing resume' The Times Literary Supplement
India has had many histories. To pilgrims from ancient China, India was the birthplace of ...
The oasis of Dunhuang, at the edge of the Gobi Desert, was once a bustling town on the famous Silk Road connecting China and the ...
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The first thorough account of a formative and little understood chapter in Chinese history
Historians Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian chronicle how an impoverished ...
Richly illustrated with photographs of historical heritage, this book chronicles 'major' events which led to the rise and fall of dynasties. The focus is also ...
