(A) The Mongol Epoch (1280-1368) 1 Beginning of new foreign rules 2 "Nationality legislation" 3
Military position 4 Social situation 5 Popular risings: National rising 6 Cultural
(B) The Ming Epoch (1368-1644)
1 Start. National feeling
2 Wars against Mongols and Japanese
3 Social legislation within the existing order
4 Colonization and agricultural developments
5 Commercial and industrial developments
6 Growth of the smal gentry
7 Literature, art, crafts
8 Politics at court
9 Navy. Southward expansion
10 Struggles between cliques
11 Risings
12 Machiavelism
13 Foreign relations in the sixteenth century
14 External and internal perils
(C) The Manchu Dynasty (1644-1911)
1 Instalation of the Manchus
2 Decline in the eighteenth century
3 Expansion in Central Asia; the first State treaty
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4 Culture
5 Relations with the outer world
6 Decline; revolts
7 European Imperialism in the Far East
8 Risings in Turkestan and within China: the T'ai P'ing Rebelion
9 Colision with Japan; further Capitulations
10 Russia in Manchuria
11 Reform and reaction: The Boxer Rising
12 End of the dynasty
Chapter XI: THE REPUBLIC (1912-1948)
1 Social and intelectual position 2 First period of the Republic: The warlords 3 Second period of the
Republic: Nationalist China 4 The Sino-Japanese war (1937-1945)