Profiles the life and accomplishments of Chinese emperor Han Wudi and discusses life in ancient China.

Hing Hing Ming reviews some of the major episodes of the Han Dynasty, from its founding by Liu Bang to the Lü Clan Disturbance and subsequent diplomatic overtures and military campaigns against the minor Chinese kingdoms, the Mongols, and Gojoseon (the ancient Korean Kingdom).

A novel that depicts the complex relationship between the Han-dynasty Emperors and Sima Qian by a leading French scholar of ancient Chinese history, Jean Levi, translated into English by William H. Nienhauser, Jr.

At the end of this book, you should be able to enumerate the important contributions of the Han Dynasty not just to the history of China but also to the world. Read about how the empire started, developed, expanded and ended. Learn about silk roads and why they were very important. Get a copy today!

This book employs textual and archaeological material to reconstruct the various features of daily life in ancient China.

A fun way to learn about China in a visual, informative comic-style history. Who founded China? Are Chinese people religious? What is Chinese culture and how has it changed over time? The accessible and fun Understanding China Through Comics series answers those questions and more. For all ages, Foundations of Chinese Civilization covers China's early history in comic form, introducing philosophies like Confucianism and Daoism, the story of the Silk Road, famous emperors like Han Wudi, and the process of China's unification. Includes a handy timeline. This is volume one of the Understanding China Through Comics series. Jing Liu is a Beijing native now living in Davis, California. A successful designer and entrepreneur who helped brands tell their stories, Jing currently uses his artistry to tell the story of China.

Here is an intimate look at the everyday lives of the people that inhabited the great empires through history. Each book covers a specific time and place, illuminating the human experience by describing the transportation, agriculture, housing, communication, religion, innovation and technology, and social organization of the period.

Introduces a crucial period of world history when the vast exchange network of the Silk Roads connected most of Eurasia.

This enlightening book leads readers though the history of ancient China, up to and through its decline, including how power was centralized within the Zhou royal house and aristocratic families that ruled their individual territories. This resource explains the Spring and Autumn periods, as well as Confucius’s influence, and the positive and negative aspects of the Qin Dynasty. Readers will be captivated by the ebb and flow of rulers, the excitement of peasant revolts, and rebellions that ultimately resulted in the fall of ancient China.