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Table of Contents:
Physical geography with the boundaries of ancient China -- Prehistoric sites in China -- The beginnings of ancient China, 1900-1300 B.C. -- China at the end of the Shang or Yin Dynasty. ca.1110 B.C. (Inset-The geography of the Yu-kung according to the Confucian tradition) -- Original centre of ancient China -- The Chou Dynasty, 11th-9th centuries B.C. -- Chun-ch'iu period, 722-482 B.C. (Insets-The nine provinces-The home of Confucius) -- The contending states-boundaries of 350 B.C. -- The Hsiung-nu or Huns in Central Asia, 176 and 128-36 B.C. -- The Ts'in Dynasty, 255-206 B.C. -- Economic development under the Earlier Han Dynasty, ca. 100 B.C. -- Lo-yang and Ch'ang-an, ancient and modern -- China under the Earlier and Later Han Dynasties, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. -- China in Central Asia, 114 B.C.-127 A.D. (Inset-Ancient frontier line near Tun-huang) -- The Three Kingdoms, 220-265/280 A.D. -- Asia, ca. 610 A.D. -- The Western Tsin Dynasty, 265-316 A.D. (Insets-The western region-The ruins of Lou-lan) -- The Sixteen States and the Empire of the Eastern Tsin Dynasty, 317-420 A.D. -- Eastern, Central and Southern Asia, ca. 440 A.D. -- The Southern Ch'i and the Northern Wei Dynasties-boundaries of 500 A.D. -- The divisions of China, 535-560 A.D. -- Asia, ca. 610 A.D. -- The Sui Dynasty, 581-618 A.D. -- China in Central Asia, 660 A.D. (Inset-The ruins of Kucha) -- Asia, ca. 750 A.D. -- The T'ang Dynasty, 618-906 A.D.-Boundaries of 700 A.D. -- The Five Dynasties, 907-960 A.D. -- The Sung, Liao and Chin Dynasties, 960-1280 A.D. (Inset-The delta of the Yangtse) -- Manchuria and Mongolia under the Liao (Kitan) Dynasty, 937-1125 A.D. -- Foreign religions in Central Asia and China up to the 14th century A.D. -- Eastern, Central and Southern Asia, 1141 A.D. (Inset-The ruins near Turfan-The ruins of Hui-ning) -- K'ai-feng and Hang-chou, ancient and modern -- Beginnings of the Mongol empire-Boundaries of 1234 A.D. -- Asia under the Mongols, 1290 A.D. (Inset-The ruins of Karakorum-The ruins of Shang-tu) -- The Yuan (Mongol) Dynasty, 1280-1368 A.D. -- Europe in search of new routes to India and China, 1486-1616 A.D. (Inset-Toscanelli's map, 1474 A.D.) -- Asia during the Ming Dynasty - Boundaries of 1415 A.D. (Inset-The northwestern frontier of China) -- The Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 A.D. - Boundaries of 1580 A.D. -- Peking and Nanking, ancient and modern -- Eastern, Central and Southern Asia, 1760 A.D. (Inset-The summer residence of Jehol) -- Chinese Turkistan, 1820 A.D. -- The Manchu Empire and the European powers, 1644-1912 A.D. -- The Ch'ing (Manchu) Dynasty-Boundaries of 1900 A.D. -- Peiping-Tientsin, Kuan-tung, Wei-hai-wei, Kiaochou, Shanghai, Kuang-Chou-wang, Canton-Macao-Hongkong -- Wu-han, Tientsin, Nanking-Shanghai, the plain of Ch'eng-tu, Canton or Fan-yu -- The Chinese Republic with Tibet and Mongolia-Political, racial, and linguistic (Inset - The modern subdivisions of the Mongol Republic) -- Modern northwest China-Political -- Modern Chinese Turkistan (Hsin-chiang)-Political and economic -- Modern northeastern China-Political -- Modern Manchuria-Political (Inset-Mukden) -- Modern Manchuria and Mongolia-Economic (Inset-Foreign trade of Manchuria for 1930) -- Modern southeastern China-Political (Inset-Hai-nan) -- Modern Tibet (Hsi-K'ang and Hsi-tsang) - Political and economic (Inset-Lhasa) -- Modern southwestern China-Political -- Modern China-Agriculture and live stock -- Modern China-Minerals and mining -- Modern China-Industries -- Modern China-Traffic and communications (Inset-Foreign trade of China proper) -- Chinese abroad, ca. 1930 A.D.
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