A comprehensive, yet entertaining look at China's history through a modern lens. For millennia, China was the largest and richest nation on earth. Two centuries

Journey across epic China—through millennia of early innovation to modern dominance. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one r

Presents an account of Chinese history, from prehistoric times through the post-Revolution era.

A look at the over eight thousand year history and civilization of China.

The turbulent and chequered past of the world's most populous country is one of the most fascinating in world history, and relatively little known in the West.