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Imperial China

A rich, wide-ranging and accessible introduction to over 2,000 years of history

In 221 BCE, the Qin state conquered its neighbours and created the first unified Chinese empire in history. So began the imperial era, where dynasties claiming divine assent ruled for more than 2,000 years, until the...

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