TY - BOOK AU - Hollihan-Elliot,Sheila TI - Ancient history of China SN - 1590848225 AV - DS741.5 .H65 2006 U1 - 931 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Mason Crest Publishers KW - China KW - History KW - To 221 B.C KW - Juvenile literature KW - Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C KW - Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-113) and index; Introduction -- The Chinese way -- The seeds of Chinese civilization -- The legendary emperors and the Xia Dynasty -- Shang Dynasty: war and grandeur -- Western Zhou: an age of peace and prosperity -- Eastern Zhou: chaos and solutions -- Qin: the first unified empire -- Early Han: a flowering of culture -- Epilogue: Wang Mang: heaven's mandate, gained and lost; Grades 9-12 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip051/2004022618.html ER -