1893. Illustrated. With a supplementary chapter of recent events by Mayo W. Hazeltine. Contents: The Early Ages; The First National Dynasty; A Long Period of Disunion; The Sungs and the Kins; The Mongol Conquest of China; Kublai and the Mongol Dynasty; The Ming Dynasty; The Decline of the Mings; The Manchu Conquest of China; The First Manchu Ruler; The Emperor Kanghi; A Short Reign and the Beginning of a Long One; Keen Lung's Wars and Conquests; The Commencement of European Intercourse; The Decline of the Manchus; The Emperor Taoukwang; The First Foreign War; Taoukwang and His Successor; The Second Foreign War; The Taeping Rebellion; The Regency; The Reign of Kwangsu; The War with Japan and Subsequent Events; and The Future of China. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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THE Chinese are unquestionably the oldest nation in the world, and their history goes back to a period to which no prudent historian will attempt to give a precise date. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
foreign question, opium traffic, foreign intercourse Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Keen Lung, Major Gordon, Chung Wang, Wou Sankwei, Prince Kung, Lord Elgin, Central Asia, Tien Wang, Captain Elliot, Yung Ching, Great Wall, Sir Hope Grant, General Ching, Commissioner Lin, Lord Napier, Tsungli Yamen, Sir Hugh Gough, Taeping Rebellion, Tseng Kwofan, Canton River, Port Arthur, Sir John Bowring, Grand Canal, Middle Kingdom, Prince Chun New!
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THE Chinese are unquestionably the oldest nation in the world, and their history goes back to a period to which no prudent historian will attempt to give a precise date. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
foreign question, opium traffic, foreign intercourse Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Keen Lung, Major Gordon, Chung Wang, Wou Sankwei, Prince Kung, Lord Elgin, Central Asia, Tien Wang, Captain Elliot, Yung Ching, Great Wall, Sir Hope Grant, General Ching, Commissioner Lin, Lord Napier, Tsungli Yamen, Sir Hugh Gough, Taeping Rebellion, Tseng Kwofan, Canton River, Port Arthur, Sir John Bowring, Grand Canal, Middle Kingdom, Prince Chun New!
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- The Gobi Desert (Virago/Beacon Travelers) by Mildred Cable on page 231
- Central Asia in World History (The New Oxford World History) by Peter B. Golden on page 269
- In December by Gloria Davis on page 272
- The History of China by Demetrius Charles Boulger in Front Matter
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