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# Ancient China for Kids: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Chinese History, from the Shang Dynasty to the Fall of the Han Dynasty (History for Children)

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Review: Good! - I love these books as they are always informative, educational and interesting! Provides the right amount of facts/tidbits - not too little, not too much.
Review: Excellent Book on Ancient China! - This is the best book I’ve ever come across that makes ancient Chinese history simple and clear enough for general reading. It has plenty of rich, yet easy to understand information about China’s antiquity from its beginning on the Yellow River and continues through the Xia to the Han Dynasty. It explains so many things that we hear about but never otherwise understand, like moon cakes and the order of animals in China’s famous zodiac calendar. Interesting tidbits, such as the ancient Chinese favoring bread and beer in the north in contrast to rice and tea in the south. Just as in Western culture, China has always struggled through dominance by either a united national existence versus an existence of independent regional states. In addition to household names like Confucius, Lao Tzu, and Sun Tzu, the author shows the importance of other great Chinese personalities, such as Yu the Great, Wu Wang, and Qin Shi Huang. Did you know that Guangwi tried to expand China to Vietnam and Korea? And the Chinese complained about high taxes, just like we do. The list of inventions from the ancient Chinese is beyond impressive – everything from paper to ice cream – and even the umbrella. They even invented hot air balloons to transmit military information. This is a great book for both kids and adults. Yes, it includes the famous things, like the Great Wall, silk, porcelain, and calligraphy, but it adds so much more, like standardizing weights and measures and wagon axles, and a written language common to all Chinese dialects. I would give it more than 5 stars if desertcart allowed me.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,192,921 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #288 in Chinese History (Books) #2,039 in Education Theory (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars (65) |
| Dimensions  | 6 x 0.19 x 9 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 1637164971 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1637164976 |
| Item Weight  | 6.1 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Part of series  | History for Children |
| Print length  | 80 pages |
| Publication date  | October 27, 2021 |
| Publisher  | Captivating History |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good!
*by B***R on June 29, 2024*

I love these books as they are always informative, educational and interesting! Provides the right amount of facts/tidbits - not too little, not too much.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent Book on Ancient China!
*by E***C on November 16, 2021*

This is the best book I’ve ever come across that makes ancient Chinese history simple and clear enough for general reading. It has plenty of rich, yet easy to understand information about China’s antiquity from its beginning on the Yellow River and continues through the Xia to the Han Dynasty. It explains so many things that we hear about but never otherwise understand, like moon cakes and the order of animals in China’s famous zodiac calendar. Interesting tidbits, such as the ancient Chinese favoring bread and beer in the north in contrast to rice and tea in the south. Just as in Western culture, China has always struggled through dominance by either a united national existence versus an existence of independent regional states. In addition to household names like Confucius, Lao Tzu, and Sun Tzu, the author shows the importance of other great Chinese personalities, such as Yu the Great, Wu Wang, and Qin Shi Huang. Did you know that Guangwi tried to expand China to Vietnam and Korea? And the Chinese complained about high taxes, just like we do. The list of inventions from the ancient Chinese is beyond impressive – everything from paper to ice cream – and even the umbrella. They even invented hot air balloons to transmit military information. This is a great book for both kids and adults. Yes, it includes the famous things, like the Great Wall, silk, porcelain, and calligraphy, but it adds so much more, like standardizing weights and measures and wagon axles, and a written language common to all Chinese dialects. I would give it more than 5 stars if Amazon allowed me.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting
*by D***S on November 12, 2021*

This started of in an amusing way, asking the reader to imagine a time with Nintendo Switch and Pokemon, which got the point across of how life would be very different back then. The book explained about life in Ancient China and how men were required to join armies and fight for whoever was the rule of their province. For me one of the most fascinating aspects was when it went into detail on what is/was the largest tomb every constructed. The Emperor was buried with the Terracotta army with 8000 life size statues of soldiers, each of them different. They portrayed people of different ages and sizes, had different hairstyles and faces and were equipped with various but real weapons. As a result, no two statues were alike! There were also 150 life size cavalry horses, 130 chariots and 520 other horses, with other non military figures found in adjacent areas. It is thought that over 700,000 craftsmen worked on all this for many years. The author provides details of the Great Wall of China as well,making this a fascinating read that I think young people will enjoy

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