Description: Birth of an Empire : The State of Qin Revisited, Paperback by Pines, Yuri (EDT); Shelach, Gideon (EDT); Von Falkenhausen, Lothar (EDT); Yates, Robin D. S. (EDT), ISBN 0520289749, ISBN-13 9780520289741, Brand New, Free shipping in the US In 221 BCE the state of Qin vanquished its rivals and established the first empire on Chinese soil, starting a millennium-long imperial age in Chinese history. Hailed by some and maligned by many, Qin has long been an enigma. In this pathbreaking study, the authors integrate textual sources with newly available archeological and paleographic materials, providing a boldly novel picture of Qin’s cultural and political trajectory, its evolving institutions and its religion, its place in China’s history, and the reasons for its success and for its ultimate collapse.
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Book Title: Birth of an Empire
Number of Pages: 408 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Item Height: 0.9 in
Topic: Archaeology, Asia / General
Publication Year: 2013
Genre: Social Science, History
Item Weight: 20.8 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Gideon Shelach
Book Series: New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
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