DRAGON THRONE: CHINA'S EMPERORS FROM THE QIN TO THE MANCHU Family and Relationship and economic

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500 year history of warfare uniquely told from the viewpoint of the leading protagonists

Through visual demonstrations and concise commentary

DRAGON THRONE: CHINA'S EMPERORS FROM THE QIN TO THE MANCHU Family and Relationship and economicFrom 221 BC when Shi Huangdi, First Emperor and founding father of Chinese imperial history, unified a large part of the Han Chinese homeland until 1911, when imperial China collapsed in revolutionary chaos, China was ruled by a succession of powerful imperial dynasties. "The Dragon Throne" tells their rich, complex and often turbulent story, from the inception of the Qin dynasty to the fall of the Manchu in the early 20th century. China's imperial