Arts and artefacts, people and places. In association with the British Museum this is the history of China brought to life through over 6000 years of artefacts and treasures.

Introduction . 1. Early China: Neolithic to the Unification 4000-221 bc . 2. Empires 221 BC-AD 960 . 3. Emperors, Scholars and Merchants 960-1279 . 4. Mongols and Ming 1271-1644 . 5. Qing: The Last Dynasty 1644-1911 . 6. Modern China 1911-present

Jessica Harrison-Hall is Head of the China Section, Curator of Later China, Vietnam and the Sir Percival David
Collection of Chinese Ceramics at the British Museum, London.