1. When Yu died, the people ignored the successor he had chosen and turned to Yu's son to lead them, establishing the precedent of hereditary, dynastic rule. Yu and his son thus were the first two kings of the Xia dynasty, a dynasty which lasted throufh 14 rulers.
2. It was overthrown when King Jie, a tyrant was deposed by a subordinate who founded his own dynasty, the Shang. This dynasty in turn lasted through thirty rulers until a self-indulgent and obstinate king lost the support of his nobles and people, making it easy for the armies of Zhou to come from the west to overthrow the Shang.
3. Certainly the Shang campaigned constantly from enemies. To the west were the fierce Qiang, considered barbarian tribesmen, and perhaps speaking a proto-Tibetan language. Between the Shang capital a... (查看原文)
0 有用 桐初 2009-05-27 15:46:07
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5 有用 安托万 2011-06-29 22:40:56
附录的书单很好啊,海外中国史的经典书目都有了
3 有用 Luke LOU 2013-02-12 21:48:32
粗制滥造
0 有用 Patrick/小白 2008-10-07 01:11:44
翻译有点生硬了,作为外国汉学家的中国史作品还凑合,看在作者是曾经的校友的面子上给个四星
0 有用 ehongbo 2013-07-13 18:30:42
refreshing our history!
0 有用 刘晋原 2023-01-14 15:33:49 广东
讲的东西很浅,但图好看,适合中学生开蒙
0 有用 卡尔斯巴德 2022-07-14 22:50:50
意识形态立场挺明显的。和我国教科书对比着看也是一种乐趣。
0 有用 Christian Dior 2022-06-04 16:48:28
内容讲得不错,从国外的角度看中国。
0 有用 find the truth 2022-05-18 22:53:02
感觉和初高中历史课本差不多,幸运的是这次我不要背了。。。
0 有用 一只银盘升熟宣 2022-05-03 21:53:18
各种意义上的不错:Berif,Bright