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Hammond, Kenneth James.

From Yao to Mao. Part 2 of 3 : 5000 years of Chinese history / Kenneth J. Hammond.

Library ed.

Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., ©2004.

6 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (65 pages ; 22 cm).

Explores the 5000 years of Chinese history and culture. A chronological passage that discusses the unfolding of China's political and cultural evolution, highlighting important ideas and individuals and the roles they have played in shaping both China's historical past and its dynamic present. Major themes include the evolution of social and political elites, history of political thought from shamanistic roots in prehistory to the present, how the Chinese have thought and written about themselves and the world around them, religious influences, and China's influence on the world around them and the global economy.

The great courses

Great courses (Compact disc)

Audiobooks.

China -- History.

China -- Civilization.

China -- History -- 960-1644.

Teaching Company.

12 lectures.

Part two of three parts. Contains the lectures 13-24 of 36 lectures on the history of China.

Guide includes lecture notes and outlines, timeline, glossary and biographical notes.

Guides Includes bibliographical references.

Lectures given by Professor Kenneth J. Hammond, New Mexico State University.

Han Yu and the late Tang -- Five dynasties and the Song founding -- Intellectual ferment in the 11th century -- Art and the way -- Conquest states in the north -- Economy and society in southern Song -- Zhu Xi and neo-Confucianism -- The rise of the Mongols -- The Yuan dynasty -- The rise of the Ming -- The Ming golden age -- Gridlock and crisis.

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