[历史学]History of China 英文版.pdf

History of China: Table of Contents Historical Setting The Ancient Dynasties Dawn of History Zhou Period Hundred Schools of Thought The Imperial Era First Imperial Period Era of Disunity Restoration of Empire Mongolian Interlude Chinese Regain Power Rise of the Manchus Emergence Of Modern China Western Powers Arrive First Modern Period Opium War, 1839-42 Era of Disunity Taiping Rebellion, 1851-64 Self-Strengthening Movement Hundred Days Reform and Aftermath Republican Revolution of 1911 Republican China Nationalism and Communism Opposing the Warlords Consolidation under the Guomindang Rise of the Communists Anti-Japanese War Return to Civil War Peoples Republic Of China Transition to Socialism, 1953-57 Great Leap Forward, 1958-60 Readjustment and Recovery, 1961-65 Cultural Revolution Decade, 1966-76 Militant Phase, 1966-68 Ninth National Party Congress to the Demise of Lin Biao, 1969-71 End of the Era of Mao Zedong, 1972-76 Post-Mao Period, 1976-78 China and the Four Modernizations, 1979-82 Reforms, 1980-88 Historical Setting The History Of China, as documented in ancient writings, dates back some 3,300 years. Modern archaeological studies provide evidence of still more ancient origins in a culture that flourished between 2500 and 2000 B.C. in what is now central China andthe lower Huang He ( orYellow River) Valley of nort