Routledge handbook of early Chinese history / edited by Paul R. GoldiN

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: What is early Chinese history? / Paul R. Goldin -- Part I: Chronology -- Main issues in the study of the Chinese neolithic / Gideon Shelach-Lavi -- Of millets and wheat: diet and health on the central plain of China during the Neolithic and Bronze Age / Kate Pechenkina -- The Bronze Age before the Zhou dynasty / Robert Bagley -- The Western Zhou state / Li Feng -- The age of Territorial Lords / Chen Shen -- The Qin dynasty / Charles Sanft -- The former Han Empire / Vincent S. Leung -- The latter Han Empire and the end of antiquity / Wicky W.K. Tse -- Part II: Topical studies -- The old Chinese language / Axel schuessler -- Writing / Luo Xinhui; tr. Zachary Hershey and Paul R. Goldin -- The spirit world / Jue Guo -- Religious thought / Ori Tavor -- Political thought / Yuri Pines -- Food and agriculture / Roel Sterckx -- Warfare / Wicky W.K. Tse -- Currency / François Thierry -- Women in early China: views from the archaeological record / Anne Behnke Kinney -- An overview of the Qin-Han legal system from the perspective of recently unearthed documents / Kyung-Ho Kim and Ming-Chiu Lai -- Literature / Stephen Durrant -- Art / Wang Haicheng -- "Medicine" in early China / Miranda Brown -- Mathematics / Karine Chemla -- Astronomy / David Pankenier.