Richland Community College
History of China
HIST 270 — A Survey from the Bronze Age to the Modern Era
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Ancient China
Chapter 1
China in the Bronze Age
Shang & Zhou • c. 1500–771 BCE
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Chapter 2
Philosophers & Warring States
770–256 BCE
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Chapter 3
The Bureaucratic Empire
Qin & Han • 256 BCE–200 CE
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Division & Reunion
Chapter 4
Political Division in China
200–580 CE
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Chapter 5
The Cosmopolitan Empires of Sui & Tang
581–960 CE
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Imperial High Tide
Chapter 8
China Among Equals
Song, Liao, Xia & Jin • 907–1279
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Chapter 12
China Under Mongol Rule
1215–1368
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Chapter 14
The Ming Empire
1368–1644
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Late Imperial
Chapter 16
The Creation of the Manchu Empire
1600–1800
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Chapter 18
China in Decline
Qing Dynasty • 1800–1900
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Modern China
Chapter 24
Remaking China
Republic & Reform • 1912–1927
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Chapter 25
War & Revolution
1927–1949
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Chapter 27
China Under Mao
People's Republic • 1949–1976
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