Life and Afterlife in Ancient China

by Jessica Rawson

An epic new history of Ancient China told through the prism of a dozen extraordinary tombs

The three millennia up to the establishment of the first imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC cemented many of the distinctive elements of Chinese civilization still in place today: an extraordinarily challenging geography and environment; formidable infrastructure; a society based on the strict hierarchy of the family; a shared written script of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029575236X
• ISBN13: 9780295752365
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.2" x 8.8"