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	China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		China as it exists today has been variously described in different points of view as a single civilization or multiple civilizations, as a single state or multiple states, and as a single nation or multiple nations.
		The imperial system in China ended with the establishment of the Republic of China (ROC) under Sun Yat-sen in 1912; however, the next four decades of ROC rule were marred by warlord control, the Second Sino-Japanese War (WWII), and the Chinese Civil War which pitted Chinese Nationalists against the Communist forces.
		China is composed of a vast variety of highly different landscapes, with mostly plateaus and mountains in the west, and lower lands on the east.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/China (5173 words)

	Encyclopedia: Imperial China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		China is the world's oldest continuous major civilization, with written records dating back about 3,500 years and with 5,000 years being commonly used by Chinese as the age of their civilization.
		Yuan's imperial ambitions were fiercely opposed by his subordinates and, faced with the prospect of rebellion, Yuan broke down and died shortly after in 1916, leaving a power vacuum in China.
		With the proclamation of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949, China was divided yet again, into the PRC on the mainland and the ROC on Taiwan and several outlying islands of Fujian, with two governments, each of which regarded itself as the one true Chinese government and denounced the other as illegitimate.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Imperial-China (4080 words)

	Imperial China: The Art of the Horse: History
		China's dynasties were continually threatened by these nomadic invaders, and the success of an emperor very often rested on how effectively he dealt with them.
		Although Imperial China was ruled by all-powerful emperors, the survival of China depended on agriculture and the vast majority of the Chinese people who worked the fields.
		China was left divided between north and south, with five dynasties in the north and ten kingdoms in the south.
	www.ket.org /artofthehorse/ed/hist.htm (2743 words)

	Late Imperial China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Late Imperial China refers to the period between the end of Mongol rule and the establishment of the Republic of China and includes the Ming and Qing dynasties.
		The use of early/mid and late imperial China is preferred by many economic, cultural, and social historians over the standard dynastic periodization in that it emphasizes social and economic continuities between dynasties.
		In particular, there is a consensus among historians that unlike the Yuan dynasty, the Manchu invasions did not mark a sharp discontinuity in Chinese history and that most of the cultural and social trends of the period crossed the Ming-Qing division.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Late_Imperial_China (166 words)

	Imperial Eras
		Much of what came to constitute China Proper was unified for the first time in 221 B.C. In that year the western frontier state of Qin, the most aggressive of the Warring States, subjugated the last of its rival states.
		The imperial system initiated during the Qin dynasty, however, set a pattern that was developed over the next two millennia.
		During this period the process of sinicization accelerated among the non-Chinese arrivals in the north and among the aboriginal tribesmen in the south.
	www-chaos.umd.edu /history/imperial.html (968 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Imperial China 900-1800 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Imperial China 900-1800 represents the distillation of a lifetime's study by a senior scholar steeped in Chinese history, yet it incorporates recent archaeological discoveries and is up to date, even radical, in its concepts.
		Imperial China 900-1800 is an antidote to the toxin of such erroneous conceptions; it traces nine hundred years of profound changes that precede d the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
		In Imperial China Mote seeks to condense an overview of the field he taught for half a century, infusing it with insights and judgements based on deep erudition and an extraordinary knowledge of the Chinese written record.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0674445155?v=glance (2097 words)

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		479 BCE: China - The philosopher Mo-tzu, founder of Mohism, is born.
		373 BCE: China - The Confucianist Meng-tzu (Mencius) is born.
		141-87 BCE: China - Han Wu-Ti is emperor of the Han Dynasty.
	eawc.evansville.edu /chronology/chpage.htm (952 words)

	Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Musuem on Asianart.com
		Splendors of Imperial China has been organized by the National Palace Museum, Taipei, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and is drawn entirely from the National Palace Museum, which possesses one of the world's richest and most renowned collections of Chinese art.
		Among the earliest treasures on view in Splendors of Imperial China are perforated discs (pi) of jade from the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC, and ancient bronze vessels from the Shang (c.
		Splendors of Imperial China opened to critical acclaim at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (March l9-May 19, 1996), and went on to impressive crowds at the Art Institute of Chicago (June 29-August 25, 1996).
	www.asianart.com /splendors (1028 words)

	Eunichs in Imperial China
		However, it was in Imperial China that the practice of using eunuchs was perhaps the most predominant and long lasting in the world.
		Historians have speculated that at least part of the reason for the long history of using eunuchs in Imperial China is because of China's veneration for the past and of carrying on traditions.
		Although eunuchs were used in many different cultures, the abundance of historical records in China is proof that scholars had vast interest in eunuchs and therefore, learned a great deal about their existence in Imperial China.
	www.asianartmall.com /eunicharticle.htm (510 words)

	Chinese Cultural Studies: A brief chinese chronology
		A military dictatorship was set up in China but came up against the growing power of the rich landed families with autarchic estates and dependents, the development of which went back to the first and second centuries CE.
		The non-Chinese peoples who had been settling in North China since the beginning of the Christian era founded kingdoms with institutions which were a mixture of the governmental and military institutions of the Chinese world and those of the nomads of the steppe or those of the mountain-dwellers of the Sino-Tibetan borders.
		The warlike, China of the sixth to eighth centuries turned towards central Asia and succeeded in extending its authority to the regions beyond the Pamirs, while China of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries was a maritime, trading land threatened by the advance of the empires of the steppe.
	acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu /~phalsall/texts/chron.html (2132 words)

	Secret World of the Forbidden City: Splendors from China's Imperial Palace -- Exhibitions -- Oakland Museum of ...
		Secret World of the Forbidden City: Splendors from China's Imperial Palace is curated by Director of the Palace Museum Beijing, Yang Xin, with assistance from Dr. Janet Baker, former Director of Public Programs and Curator of Asian Art at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art in Santa Ana, California.
		In the heart of Beijing, the Imperial Palace remained the residence of the emperors for nearly five hundred years, from the 15th century to the early 20th century, and was the actual and symbolic seat of imperial power.
		The Inner Court (Nei Ting) was the residential area of the emperor and the imperial household, as well as the place where the emperor dealt with routine state affairs.
	www.museumca.org /exhibit/exhib_forbiddencity.html (1078 words)

	China
		China - Hotlist from the University of Texas.
		China on the Net - This hotlist by Tom March is a starting point for anyone studying China.
		Exploring China - This is the site for you if you want your students to surf Internet links about China and download images, text, videos, music, etc. to put into their own multimedia scrapbook.
	webtech.kennesaw.edu /jcheek3/china.htm (1173 words)

	Imperial Era: III
		By the mid-thirteenth century, the Mongols had subjugated north China, Korea, and the Muslim kingdoms of Central Asia and had twice penetrated Europe.
		Confucian governmental practices and examinations based on the Classics, which had fallen into disuse in north China during the period of disunity, were reinstated by the Mongols in the hope of maintaining order over Han society.
		Rivalry among the Mongol imperial heirs, natural disasters, and numerous peasant uprisings led to the collapse of the Yuan dynasty.
	www-chaos.umd.edu /history/imperial3.html (1318 words)

	China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Imperial China was the first exhibition ever to explore the role of the horse in more than 3,000 years of Chinese history and culture.
		All of the art and artifacts was selected from the collections of museums throughout Shaanxi Province, capital of China for more than a millennium, and home of the terra cotta army of China's first emperor.
		A representative collection of gold, jade, terra cotta and porcelain figures from all dynasties from the Tang to the fall of the last Imperial court in 1911.
	www.imh.org /imh/china (422 words)

	Ming
		He is known as Hongwu Emperor, and led the revolt against the Mongols and the Yuan Dynasty.
		The last of these voyages was completed in 1433 A.D. At this point, China was far ahead of the rest of the world in naval capabilities.
		At this time, the Manchu were also beginning to attack Chinese cities that existed in Manchuria, eventually gaining control first of the whole of Manchuria and then in 1644 over China, thus beginning the Qing Dynasty.
	emuseum.mnsu.edu /prehistory/china/later_imperial_china/ming.html (908 words)

	The empress strikes back - Arts - www.smh.com.au
		The ruler of imperial China hangs on by her fingernails for her political life in a world of torture, war and eunuchs, reports Jacqui Taffel.
		Another obvious challenge is representing the grandeur of the Forbidden City's imperial court life on a tight budget in Belvoir's tiny downstairs theatre.
		Empress of China embraces a broad sweep of history: the Opium Wars, the Boxer Rebellion, the decline of an empire.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/06/10/1086749829752.html?from=storylhs (875 words)

	China - People of Imperial China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Outside the emperor's court, life in Early Imperial China can be divided into rural and urban and upper and lower classes.
		Greedy officials and the material appetites of the Imperial houses weighed heavily on the average Chinese.
		During the 13th century the provisional capital, Hangchow, was the economic center of China.
	www.imh.org /imh/china/ed/people.html (1191 words)

	TZU-HSI: THE DOWAGER EMPRESS OF CHINA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Her narrow-mindedness and ultra-conservatism in government policy delayed what China needed to do to keep pace with the rest of the world in the late 1800's.
		I'm glad to see something written about the last empress of China but it is surprising to see how many myths and lies are still circulating, this after more than a 100 years....
		It is sad to see that what 2 or 3 "journalists" wrote a 100 years ago knowing exactly that is was a lie is still believed to be the official version; what they wrote in their personal diary was very different....
	www.kings.edu /womens_history/tzuhsi.html (2124 words)

	Han
		This goal led to the eventual breakup of the fiefs and the downfall of the imperial nobility.
		Sima Qian, considered to be China's greatest historian wrote his famous Records of the Historian (Shiji) during this time.
		It was one of the first attempts in China to make a record of the past in a proper form.
	emuseum.mnsu.edu /prehistory/china/early_imperial_china/han.html (1128 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		My hypothesis is that regional cities in late Ming Jiangnan, which had surpassed the capital in cultural creativity and economic importance, fostered an urban culture which encompassed both the literati class and the commoner class, and also an urban ethics that was to ease the tension between the rich and the poor.
		It was in the late imperial era the hierarchical system became more mature, and the urban population spread out more evenly throughout the hierarchy.
		William Skinner, "Urban Develoment in Imperial China," in The City in Late Imperial China, ed.
	www.sinologic.com /dissertation.html (2211 words)

	Terra Cotta Warriors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This discovery prompted archaeologists to proceed to Shaanxi, China to investigate.
		This tradition during China's feudal period vanished during the life of Qin.
		To substitute for the actual humans, Qin ordered a massive clay army to be produced for his protection.
	campus.northpark.edu /history/WebChron/China/TerraWar.html (589 words)

	Encyclopedia article on Imperial embassies to China [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Imperial embassies to China were missions to China for importing the technologies and culture of China to Japan.
		The Imperial embassy to Tang China (遣唐使; Kento-shi) is the best known; it ended in 894.
		There was also a lesser-known Imperial embassy to Sui China (遣隋使; Kendui-shi) in 607.
	encyclozine.com /Imperial_Japanese_embassies_to_China (122 words)

	Imperial China London - Restaurant Review and Information
		The food was on par with many of the cheaper restaurants and the waiters/waiteresses looked like they did not want to be there.A drink ordered at the beginning of the meal had to be re-ordered three times before it eventually came during the second course.
		We visted Imperial China on 22nd August and was shocked at the price of the bill for a party of 12.
		Apart from the late 90s decor, I find it impossible to distinguish Imperial China from most of the other restaurants in Chinatown (apart from the very, very cheap and awful ones).
	www.london-eating.co.uk /3498.htm (1124 words)

	Teaching Chinese Archaeology, Part Four - NGA
		Imperial china begins with the founding of the Qin dynasty in 221 B.C. (Qin, pronounced "chin," is the derivation of the English word "China").
		Also important was the formation of an Imperial Academy in 124 B.C., which, along with the Confucian trends in education, signaled a shift toward an educational system based on merit rather than lineage.
		When the capital was taken, the court fled and the emperor reluctantly ordered that she be strangled.
	www.nga.gov /education/chinatp_pt4.htm (1199 words)

	Early Imperial China - The British Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Early Imperial China is an online learning resource for students aged 11 — 14.
		Hidden within a museum's student room is a wealth of visual and textual resources about early Imperial China.
		By clicking on the interactive elements in the room, children can build up their knowledge of early Imperial China.
	www.earlyimperialchina.co.uk (101 words)

	Imperial China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Imperial China specializes in bridal registry both nationally and locally.
		We offer a full selection of gifts, collectibles, china and crystal from the finest manufacturers around the world.
		Imperial China’s wide range of products is sure to fill every need and price range.
	www.imperialchina.net (159 words)

	USATODAY.com - China, Russia settle last of decades-old border disputes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		BEIJING (AP) — China and Russia settled the last of their decades-old border disputes Thursday during a visit to Beijing by President Vladimir Putin, signing an agreement fixing their 2,700-mile-long border for the first time.
		The struggle over border areas resulted in violent clashes in the 1960s and 1970s, when strained Sino-Soviet relations were at their most acrimonious, feeding fears abroad that the conflict could erupt into nuclear war.
		The border tug-of-war reaches back centuries to the competition for territory as imperial China and czarist Russia expanded toward each other.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-10-14-border_x.htm (390 words)

	China List : Imperial China
		Essay by a Kyoto University professor attacking Japanese nationalism and assertingthat the Diaoyutai islands are rightfully China's.
		About the practice of using emasculated and castrated males to serve in theemperor's harem from the 8th century BC to 1912.
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	china-list.com /imperialchina/index.php (718 words)

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