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Medieval Chinese Armies 1260–1520
Av CJ Peers
Häftad, 1992
162 kr
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In 1271, Kubilai, ruler of the Mongol Empire, proclaimed himself the first Emperor of the Yüan dynasty.Within a few years he was to gain control of the rest of China, in effect giving China unity and independence under an alien dynasty. His reign endured until 1368, when the native Ming dynasty …
Ancient Chinese Armies 1500–200 BC
Av CJ Peers
Häftad, 1990
162 kr
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By the 15th century BC the valley of Hwang Ho was dominated by a palace-based military caste which owed its supremacy to a monopoly of bronze-working techniques among a still mainly Stone Age population.To the Shang Dynasty, war was a means of legitimising the power of their new aristocracy. This …
Imperial Chinese Armies (1)
200 BC–AD 589
Av CJ Peers
Häftad, 1995
157 kr
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After AD 304 the five 'barbarian' tribes divided north China among themselves, setting up dynasties which were often Chinese only in name, and feuding constantly both with each other and with the native states, whose stronghold was now in the south.It was under this barbarian influence that the …
Imperial Chinese Armies (2)
590–1260 AD
Av CJ Peers
Häftad, 1996
157 kr
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By AD 589, when Yang Chien established himself at the head of a newly reformed Chinese empire, nearly four centuries had elapsed since the fall of the last great imperial dynasty: the Han.Although Yang's new Sui regime consciously modelled itself on its great predecessor, both China and the world …
Late Imperial Chinese Armies 1520–1840
Av CJ Peers
Häftad, 1997
162 kr
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An engaging study by Chris Peers on these armies, following an era which had seen the world increasingly divided into colonial powers and their victims.By the end of the 18th century, the Ch'ing dynasty of the Manchus, who had overthrown the native Ming in the 1640s, ruled over the largest and most …