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description: In a world growing increasingly smaller China still seems a faraway and exotic land with secrets and mysteries of ages past its history and intentions veiled from most Westerners. Yet behind that veil lies one of the most amazing civilizations the world has ever known. For most of its 5000-year existence China has been the largest most populous wealthiest and mightiest nation on Earth. And for us as Westerners it is essential to understand where China has been in order to anticipate its future. This course answers this need by delivering a comprehensive political and historical overview of one of the most fascinating and complex countries in world history.
language: English
title: From Yao to Mao: 5000 Years of Chinese History
publisher: The Teaching Company