Situated between myth and history, the Shang has been hailed both as China's first historical dynasty and as one of the world's primary civilizations. This book

Situated between myth and history, the Shang has been hailed both as China's first historical dynasty and as one of the world's primary civilizations. This book

Being, society and world : towards an inter-ontic approach : Shang civilization, historiography and early China -- Cities, states and civilizations -- Central p

This book provides new insight into the creation of the Chinese empire by examining the changing forms of permitted violence--warfare, hunting, sacrifice, punis

A multidisciplinary environmental history of early China’s political systems, featuring newly available Chinese archaeological data This book is a multidiscip