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Start of eBook	1
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Chapter X: THE PERIOD OF ABSOLUTISM	2
Chapter XI: THE REPUBLIC (1912-1948)	3
Chapter XII: PRESENT-DAY CHINA	3
Notes and References 335	3
ILLUSTRATIONS	4
MAPS	5
INTRODUCTION	5
THE EARLIEST TIMES	8
PREHISTORY	8
Chapter Two	16
ANTIQUITY	23
Chapter Four	42
Chapter Five	51
THE MIDDLE AGES	57
THE HAN DYNASTY (206 B.C.-A.D. 220)	57
Chapter Seven	89
(A) The three kingdoms (220-265)	89
(B) The Western Chin dynasty (A.D. 265-317)	95
(C) The alien empires in North China, down to the Toba (A.D. 317-385)	103
(D) The Toba empire in North China (A.D. 385-550)	114
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(F) The Southern Empires	127
Chapter Eight	139
(A) The Sui dynasty (A.D. 580-618)	139
(B) The T’ang dynasty (A.D. 618-906)	144
MODERN TIMES	161
THE EPOCH OF THE SECOND DIVISION OF CHINA	161
(B) Period of Moderate Absolutism	172
Chapter Ten	193
(A) The Mongol Epoch (1280-1368)	193
(B) The Ming Epoch (1368-1644)	203
(C) The Manchu Dynasty (1644-1911)	227
Chapter Eleven	256
Chapter Twelve	271
NOTES AND REFERENCES	284
INDEX	306
Babylon, 65	306
Calcutta, city, 283	307
Dalai Lama, religious ruler of Tibet, 278, 310	309
Eclipses, 43	310
Fables, 259	310
Galdan, leader, 277	311
Hakka, ethnic group, 228, 289, 323	311
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Ma Yin, ruler, 199-200	315
Naiman, Mongol tribe, 233	316
Oil, 294	317
Pagoda, 243	317
Railways, 301, 324; Manchurian Railway, 296	318
Sacrifices, 19, 23, 26	319
Ta-tan (Tatars), tribal federation, 233	320
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Vagrants (liu-min), 198, 213	323
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Yakub beg, ruler, 293	324
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Transcriber’s Notes	324

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