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Dynastic China

Prof. Tristan G. Brown · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

This course surveys the history of China from the first dynasty to the year 1800. It traces the rise of the world’s first centralized bureaucratic state, the development of the world’s oldest living written culture, and the formation of the pre-modern world’s largest single commercial market. It also studies women and men as they founded dynasties, engaged in philosophy, challenged orthodoxies, and invented technologies used around the globe. Finally, the course explores China’s past to understand the country’s present, and reflects on what its stories mean for the global world.

Lectures

Lecture Videos

  1. Lecture 1: Introduction to China's History Video
  2. Lecture 3: The Western Zhou Video
  3. Lecture 21: Early Modern? The Ming in the 16th Century Video
  4. Lecture 23: The Qing through Qianlong Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
History
Teacher
Prof. Tristan G. Brown
Term
Fall 2024
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
History
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
CC0 1.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Prof. Tristan G. Brown. Dynastic China. Fall 2024. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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