HIS 113Chinese Civilization

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Introductory survey of the civilization of China from its origins to the present. Formative Period (prehistory - 221 B.C.), unification and expansion (221 B.C. - A.D. 221), period of disunity (222-588), flowering of Chinese culture (589-1279), impact of the Mongols on Chinese civilization (1280-1368), Ming Dynasty peace and prosperity (1368-1644), Qing Dynasty - The Manchu Conquest (1644-1911), Republican China (1912-1949), and People's Republic of China (1949- ).