Ancient+China+Books

Geography of China, e.g., ?

 * Inner China (eastern part of China)
 * The Yellow River
 * The Yangzi River
 * **The Yangtze ** / Rob Bowden - Concord PL (modern)
 * The West
 * East of Inner China - Ocean (Yellow Sea, South China Sea)
 * North of Inner China - mountains and Gobi Desert
 * West of Inner China - more mountains and deserts
 * South of Inner China - tropical forests

Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China / by Tim McNeese - Fenn School Library (FSL) The Great Wall of China / by Lesley A. DuTemple - FSL The Great Wall of China / Leonard Everett Fisher - FSL You wouldn't want to work on the Great Wall of China! : Defenses you'd rather not build / written by Jacqueline Morley - FSL

Terracotta Soldiers
The emperor's silent army : terracotta warriors of Ancient China / Jane O'Connor - FSL Emperor Qin's terra cotta army / by Michael Capek - FSL On order?

Confucius
[|Confucius The Golden Rule] by Russell Freedman - FSL

Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism/Daoism
Ancient China (DK Eyewitness) / Arthur Cotterell - FSL (1pg) The Ancient Chinese / Virginia Schomp - FSL [|The Life and Times of Buddha] / Mona Gedney - FSL
 * One World, Many Religions ** by Mary Pope Osborne - FSL
 * Buddhism ** / Caven Wood - Watertown Public Library

CHIN (QIN) DYNASTY, 221-207 B.C.
Ancient Chinese dynasties / Eleanor J. Hall - FSL

Han Dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
Ancient Chinese dynasties / Eleanor J. Hall - FSL The Asian Empires / Rebecca Stefoff - FSL

Inventions
Look at specific topics from [|China 5th grade Resources] (Wellesley schools) http://www.wellesley.mec.edu/wes/pages/curriculum/5curr/China.htm?WebPageNo=21273 Science in ancient China / George Beshore - FSL Made in China : ideas and inventions from Ancient China / by Suzanne Williams - FSL Exploring ancient China with Elaine Landau - FSL The Ancient Chinese / Virginia Schomp - FSL (Chapter: Inventors, Scientists, and Healers) Han Wu Di and Ancient China / Miriam Greenblatt - on order Amazon

Silk Road
Ancient China (DK Eyewitness) / Arthur Cotterell - FSL (1pg) The Ancient Chinese / Virginia Schomp - FSL (Chapter: Merchants and Traders) Han Wu Di and Ancient China / Miriam Greenblatt - on order Amazon MLN: Contents Part One: The martial emperor -- A distinctive lifestyle -- Domestic changes -- Writing history -- Expanding borders -- The last years -- Part Two: Everyday life in ancient China -- The three ways -- Life in the city: Chang'an -- Life on the farm -- Family traditions -- Food and drink -- Clothing and adornment -- Important inventions -- Scientific advances -- Fighting the enemy -- Cultivating the arts -- Having fun -- Part Three: The Chinese in their own words.

Archaelology
Ancient China: Archaeology Unlocks the Secrets of China's Past - Cambridge PL

Artisans and Silk Makers
(Chapter heading, The Ancient Chinese / Virginia Schomp - FSL)

Writers and Artists
(Chapter heading, The Ancient Chinese / Virginia Schomp - FSL) Han Wu Di and Ancient China / Miriam Greenblatt - on order Amazon