Term Paper Northern & Southern frontiers of China The land that we call China today has not always been a part of the traditional China. In fact, the China we know today is approximately twice the size of China under the Shang’s rule (the first known dynasty). They have since gradually filled it by successive expansions out of their earliest known homeland in the North China Plain. Through much of history the nomadic horsemen of …showed first 75 words of 2390 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2390 total…able to reunited its territories. -6- Jieping Zhou Work Cited Page: Ebrey, Patricia Buckley. Illustrated History, China. Cambridge University Press 1996. New York, NY Detailed, and descriptive history of China. Frankenstein, Paul. Condensed China. Online. http://asterius.com/china 2000 General history of China, focused mainly on expansion. Hucker, Charles O. China’s Imperial Past. Stanford University Press. 1975, Stanford, California. Complete, very detailed history of the imperial dynasties of China, includes art, literature, government, economy, etc.