Introduction?Basic Facts about China1 Chapter One?The Qin and Han Dynasties8 1.1?The Qin and the Unification of China8 1.2?The Collapse of the Qin Dynasty12 1.3?The Rise of the Han and Its Governance14 Chapter Two?The Opening of the Silk Road19 2.1?The Rise of the Xiongnu (Huns匈奴) on the Northern Steppe19 2.2?Zhang Qian and the Opening of the Silk Road22 Chapter Three The Fall of the Han Dynasty and the Fragmentation of China26 3.1?The Fall of the Han Dynasty and the Rise of the Three Kingdoms27 3.2?The Brief Unification under the Jin Dynasty30 3.3?The Northern and Southern Dynasties32 Chapter Four?The Sui and Tang Dynasties37 4.1?The Sui Dynasty37 4.2?The Tang Dynasty39 4.3?The Four Pillars of the Tang Dynasty41 4.4?Outstanding Rulers of the Tang Dynasty44 4.5?Cultural Achievements of the Tang Dynasty46 Chapter Five?Cultural Exchanges along the Silk Road51 5.1?Silk-making in Ancient China51 5.2?The Silk Road53 5.3?The First Wave of Cultural Exchanges along the Silk Road53 Chapter Six?The Spread of Chinese Inventions to the World59 6.1?Silk-making59 6.2?Papermaking60 6.3?Printing62 6.4?Gunpowder64 6.5?The Compass65 Chapter Seven The Fall of the Tang and the Rise of the Song, Liao, Western Xia, and Jin67 7.1?The Fall of the Tang Dynasty67 7.2?The Five Dynasties and Partial Unification of China—Northern Song69 7.3?The Rise of the Liao, Western Xia, Jin, and Southern Song 70 7.4?Complicated Relations74 Chapter Eight?The Glory of the Maritime Silk Road75 8.1?Early Development of the Maritime Silk Road75 8.2?Glory of the Maritime Silk Road77 8.3?Guangzhou and Quanzhou83 Chapter Nine?The Rise of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties86 9.1?From Genghis Khan to Kublai Khan86 9.2?The Rise of the Ming Dynasty89 9.3?Further Development of the Silk Road91 Chapter Ten?Admiral Zheng He and His Seven Voyages93 10.1?Zheng He94 10.2?Seven Voyages of the Ming Dynasty95 10.3?The Achievements and Global Reception of Zheng He99 Chapter Eleven The First Encounter Between China and the West—Jesuits in the Ming and Qing Dynasties102 11.1?The Qing Dynasty102 11.2?Jesuits in China104 11.3?The Jesuits as a Cultural Bridge Connecting the East and the West108
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