Chapter V: THE CHIN DYNASTY (256-207 B.C.)

1 Towards the unitary State 62
2 Centralization in every field 64
3 Frontier Defence. Internal collapse 67


_THE MIDDLE AGES_


Chapter VI: THE HAN DYNASTY (206 B.C.-A.D. 220)

1 Development of the gentry-state 71
2 Situation of the Hsiung-nu empire; its relation to the
Han empire. Incorporation of South China 75
3 Brief feudal reaction. Consolidation of the gentry 77
4 Turkestan policy. End of the Hsiung-nu empire 86
5 Impoverishment. Cliques. End of the Dynasty 90
6 The pseudo-socialistic dictatorship. Revolt of the "Red
Eyebrows" 93
7 Reaction and Restoration: the Later Han dynasty 96
8 Hsiung-nu policy 97
9 Economic situation. Rebellion of the "Yellow Turbans".
Collapse of the Han dynasty 99
10 Literature and Art 103


Chapter VII: THE EPOCH OF THE FIRST DIVISION