Birth of an Empire: The State of Qin Revisited by Gideon Shelach, Yuri Pines, Lothar Von Falkenhausen, Robin D.S. Yates

Birth of an Empire: The State of Qin Revisited

New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society

Gideon Shelach, Yuri Pines, Lothar Von Falkenhausen, Robin D.S. Yates

408 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

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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 ...

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