HIST 365 — China's Early Empires

Considers China's early imperial period, from ca. 300 BCE to ca. 100 CE, including changing political, social, and economic institutions, court and intellectual life, population management, foreign relations, urban transformations, and textual and material culture. Introduction to the major historiographical sources covering the period, and to newly excavated texts, artifacts, and sites.

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• Credits: 3
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Department: History and Classical Studies
• Prerequisite: HIST 208 recommended.