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Index

Beijing, 4 People’s Republic of China, 26
Boxer Rebellion, 26 Polo, Marco, 20–21
Buddhism, 18–19 Qi, King, 6

Chiang Kai-shek, 26–27 Qin dynasty, 14
civil war, 11, 26 Qing dynasty, 24
Communist Party, 26 Sacred Way, 23
Confucius, 12 Shang tribe/dynasty, 6, 8–9

Confucianism, 12–13, 18 Silk Road, 16–17
economy, 25, 28 silk industry, 6–7, 9, 19
farming, 6–7, 9 Song dynasty, 20

Forbidden City, The, 22–23 Sui dynasty, 18
Grand Canal, 18–19 Taiping Rebellion, 25
Great Wall of China, 4, 14–15 Tang dynasty, 19
Han dynasty, 16–17 Taoism, 12–13

Hong Kong, 25 Terra-cotta army, 15
Huang, Qin Shi, 14–16 Treaty of Nanking, 25
inventions, 5, 17 Tzu Shi, 24
iron, 11 written language, 8, 15

Khan, Genghis, 20 Xia dynasty, 6
Kuomintang, 26 Xunzi, 12
Laozi, 12 Yangtze River, 4, 19
Legalism, 12 Yat-sen, Sun, 27

Liu Bang, 17 Yellow River, 6, 19
Manchu dynasty, 24 Yuan dynasty, 20
Ming dynasty, 22–23
Yuanzhang, Zhu, 22
Mongols, 20
Zedong, Mao, 26–27
Nationalist Party, 26–27
Zhou dynasty 10–11, 14
opera, 21
oracle bones, 8–9
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