ANCIENT CHINA (DK ANCIENT HISTORIES) (HB)

Discover what life was like during ancient China's dynasties from the Bronze Age through the golden ages of Tang and Song to Ming and beyond. Learn about the daily lives of its people, from silk-weavers and civil servants to Buddhist nuns and emperors, and discover the secrets hidden within their tombs. Explore the teachings of the Chinese thinker Confucius, and how his beliefs influenced society alongside folk religion and Daoist philosophy. Find out about traditional Chinese medicine and how farmers used irrigation machines as early as 100 CE – and more.