The Jiankang Empire in Chinese and world history /

This work offers a sweeping reassessment of the Jiankang Empire (third to sixth centuries CE), known as the Chinese "Southern Dynasties." It shows how, although one of the medieval world's largest empires, Jiankang has been rendered politically invisible by the standard narrative of C...

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Main Author: Chittick, Andrew, (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Series:Oxford studies in early empires.
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