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ANCIENT CHINAANCIENT CHINARELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS

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What's Inside:
  • The Chinese Dynasties
  • Ancient Chinese Society
  • How the Rich and the Poor Lived
  • Celebrating the Chinese New Year
  • The Compass and Other Chinese Inventions
  • The Great Wall and Other Engineering Feats
  • Legacies of Ancient China
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  • LEXILE® READING LEVEL: 960L
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"China is very old. Its written history goes back 3,500 years. In 221 b.c., when European kingdoms and states were still fighting among themselves, one of China's first great rulers united warring states to form a great empire. For over two thousand years-from 221 b.c. until a.d. 1912-the empire developed under the watchful eyes of more than a dozen ruling families, called dynasties. In 1912, the l. . . "
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SAMURAISAMURAI
"Welcome to old Japan. Here, warriors clashed with swords on the battlefields and wrote poetry at home. Farmers grew rice but often went hungry themselves. And great castles had squeaky floors to warn their owners of spies dressed in black. About one hundred miles off the coast of East Asia sits the island nation of Japan. Waves and water form a natural barrier, protecting the islands from out. . . "
MARCO POLOMARCO POLO
"Imagine taking a trip that lasts 24 years! If you are 10 when you leave, you'll be 34 before you see your home again. Marco Polo (1254-1324) was actually 17 when he left his hometown of Venice in 1271, and 41 when he returned. He spent most of those years traveling throughout China, India, and Southeast Asia as emissary for Mongol emperor Kublai Khan. If this seems incredible to you, you are not. . . "
ANCIENT INDIAANCIENT INDIA
"No one knows for sure how people lived thousands of years ago in India. In comparison to city dwellers in other ancient civilizations, those of India left relatively little for scholars to study. In ancient Egypt, for example, the pyramids, tombs filled with treasures, and much more help us understand the past. Ruins of great palaces and writings on tablets tell us about the people who lived in. . . "
ANCIENT PERSIAANCIENT PERSIA
Thousand of years ago, the land now occupied by the countries of Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan was home to many different groups of people. In turn, the Sumerians, the Babylonians, and the Assyrians ruled the area. Around 3,300 years ago, a new group arrived..."
GREAT WALL OF CHINAGREAT WALL OF CHINA
"One of the most magnificent structures on Earth arose in the East Asian nation of China many centuries ago. Called the Great Wall, it dates back to the Ming Dynasty, which lasted from 1368 to 1644. (Dynasties were ruling families that passed power from one generation to the next)."
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CHILDREN'S BOOKS
  • Ancient China (Eyewitness Books Series). by Arthur Cotterell. DK Publishing, Inc., 2005.
  • Look What Came from China, by Miles Harvey. Scholastic Library Publishing, 1999.
  • The Great Wall Of China, by Leonard Everett Fisher, Everett Fisher. Simon & Schuster, 1995.
  • Ancient China by Chao-Hui Jenny Liu, Jenny Liu. Running Press Book Publishers, 1996.
  • China (Postcards From Series), by Zoe Dawson, Steck-Vaughn 1995.
ADULT BOOKS
  • China: A New History, by John King Fairbank, Merle Goldman, Merle Goldman. Harvard University Press, 2005.
  • Ancient China, by C. P. Fitzgerald. ibooks, Inc., 2006.
  • Search for Ancient China, by Corinne Debaine-Francfort. HNA Books, 1999.
  • Ancient China by Edward L. Shaughnessy, Barnes & Noble Books, 2006.
  • Ancient China and Its Enemies: The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History Nicola Di Cosmo. Cambridge University Press, 2004.
WEBSITES
  • The British Museum—Ancient China: http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/menu.html
  • KidsKonnect-- http://www.kidskonnect.com/AncientChina/AncientChinaHome.html
  • History For Kids—http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/index.htm