The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han

In 221 BC the First Emperor of Qin unified what would become the heart of a Chinese empire whose major features would endure for two millennia. In the first of a six-volume series on the history of imperial China, Lewis highlights the key challenges facing court officials and scholars who set about governing an empire of such scale and diversity.

• | Author: Mark Edward Lewis, Timothy Brook
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 30, 2010
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780674057340
• | ISBN-10: 0674057341