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Search for Ancient China (Discoveries)
by C Debaine Francfort  Synopsis Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed...
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The Mongols (Peoples of Europe)
by David Morgan Publisher Comments The Mongol Empire was the largest continuous land empire known to history, its violent creation the major political event of the thirteenth century world. Yet little is known of the history of Christendom's most formidable and dangerous eastern neighbour....
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The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army
by Jane Portal Publisher Comments Standing guard around the tomb of Qin Shihuangdi, the ranks of a terracotta army bear silent witness to the vast power of the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, who unified China in 221 BCE. Six thousand warriors and horses make up the army, while...
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The Mummies of Ürümchi
by Elizabeth Wayland Barber Publisher Comments In the museums of Urumchi, the windswept regional capital of the Uyghur Autonomous Region in Western China -- what we know as Chinese Turkestan -- a collection of ancient mummies lay at the center of an enormous mystery. Some of Urumchi's mummies date...
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Discoveries: Khmer (Discoveries)
by Thierry Zephir Publisher Comments Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed...
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Angkor Heart of an Asian Empire
by Bruno Dagens Synopsis Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed...
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Excavating Asian History: Interdisciplinary Studies in Archaeology and History
by Norman Yoffee Synopsis Although history and archaeology each seek to elucidate the past, both sets of data are incomplete and ambiguous and thus open to multiple readings that invite contradictory interpretations of human activity. This is particularly true when scholars of...
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The Lost Temple of Java
by Phil Grabsky Publisher Comments Uncover the many mysteries of the long-missing "eighth wonder of the world." Built by a now-forgotten civilization that flourished even as Europe languished in the Dark Ages, Borobudur in Central Java is the world's largest Buddhist temple, erected out...
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Children of the yellow earth;studies in prehistoric China.
by J Gunnar Andersson Publisher Comments Originally published in 1934 and written by the Curator of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm, this is an informative and highly entertaining account of the author's several expeditions to Northern China. Andersson began his Chinese...
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Cultural atlas of China
by Caroline An Blunden Publisher Comments Here is a resplendent and detailed look at the splendors of China's ancient civilization and the rigorous life in the country today....
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China: Ancient Culture, Modern Land (Cradles of Civilization)
by Robert E Murowchick Book News Annotation The series aims to provide reliable, up-to-date, well-illustrated accounts of the world's great civilizations. Fourteen authors have contributed chapters in sections on the land, the past, and the present and future of China. The many color...
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The Golden Age of Archaeology: Celebrated Discoveries from the People's Republic of China
by Xiaoneng Yang Synopsis This introduction to more than 200 masterpieces from the period 5000 BC to the 10th century AD uncovered in China that confirms archaeologists' conclusion that Chinese civilization and art flowered throughout ancient China. 200+ color illustrations....
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Terra Cotta Army: China's First Emperor and the Birth of a Nation
by John Man Publisher Comments The terra cotta army is one of the greatest, and most famous, archaeological discoveries ever made. Over eight thousand life-size figures of warriors and horses were interred in the mausoleum of the first emperor of China—and each figure is...
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China's buried kingdoms
by Time Life Publisher Comments Readers assume the role of archaeologists, uncovering secrets of ancient civilizations. Stunning photographs and illustrations, plus detailed cutaways, maps and diagrams....
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The Archaeology of Seafaring in Ancient South Asia
by Himanshu Prabha Ray Publisher Comments This is an archaeological study of the Indian subcontinent's ancient maritime history, before European expansion....
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Empires Beyond the Great Wall: The Heritage of Genghis Khan
by Adam T Kessler Publisher Comments "In an authoritative chronicle, Kessler presents the cultural history of Mongol nomads. These numerous tribes from the region of China known as the Northern Steppes created resonant objects that vividly allude to complex archaic cultures associated with...
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Traders and Raiders on China's Northern Frontier
by Jenny F So Book News Annotation An important, original study of the (previously denied) cultural contribution of the "barbarians" to China, and of the trade northward. Focuses on the Han period. The artifacts, abundantly and well- illustrated (200 illus., 40 in color), document the...
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Dong Son Drums in Viet Nam
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Problem of Meaning in Early Chinese Ritu
by Roderick Whitfield TOC Foreword / Roderick Whitfield -- Art and meaning / Sarah Allen -- Meaning and explanation / Robert W. Bagley -- Liangzhu culture and the Shang dynasty Taotie motif / Li Xuequin -- Late Shang bronze design / Jessica Rawson --Zoomorphic bronzes of the...
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Early Buddhist Japan
by J Edward Kidder
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