Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC– AD 1644
Stephen (Author) Turnbull, Steve (Illustrator) Noon
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2009
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It has been said in China that a city without a wall would be as inconceivable as a house without a roof. This book traces the evolution of the walled city from the 3,000 year old remains of the beaten earth walls of the Shang dynasty to the huge stone fortifications of the Ming dynasty.
- ISBN-13
- 9781846033810
- ISBN-10
- 1846033810
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Year
- 2009
- Publication date
- 2009-05-10
- Pages
- 64
- Dimensions
- 250x186x6
- Weight
- 212