China
- ISBN-10
- 1858287642
- ISBN-13
- 9781858287645
- Series
- China
- Category
- Travel
- Pages
- 459
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rough Guides
- Author
- Justin Wintle
Description
Home to a quarter of the world's population, China is the rising super-power of the 21st century. The Rough Guide Chronicle gives you the country's core history in accessible style and handy format, covering more than four thousand years from the earliest kingdoms to today's communist republic. Featuring a continuous time-line, sidebars on Confucius, the Terracotta Army, the invention of printing, Mao Zedong and a host of other topics, plus dozens of illustrations and quotations, The Rough Guide Chronicle is a vital reference for travellers and students alike. Book jacket.
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