Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC– AD 1644
    Unavailable
    Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC– AD 1644
    Unavailable
    Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC– AD 1644
    Ebook141 pages1 hour

    Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC– AD 1644

    By Stephen Turnbull and Steve Noon

    3/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    It has been said in China that a city without a wall would be as inconceivable as a house without a roof. Even the smallest village invariably had some form of defensive wall, while the Great Wall of China was an attempt to build a barrier along the most vulnerable border of the entire country. Yet the finest examples of walled communities were China's walled cities, whose defensive architecture surpassed anything along the Great Wall. 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. Stephen Turnbull, expert military historian, reveals the defensive structures from all the major ancient Chinese cities, and discusses how they protected entire communities, and not just castle dwellers, with colour artwork reconstructions, maps and archive photographs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateOct 20, 2012
    ISBN9781782005056
    Unavailable
    Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC– AD 1644
    Author

    Stephen Turnbull

    Stephen Turnbull is widely recognised as the world's leading English language authority on the samurai of Japan. He took his first degree at Cambridge and has two MAs (in Theology and Military History) and a PhD from Leeds University. He is now retired and pursues an active literary career, having now published 85 books. His expertise has helped with numerous projects including films, television and the award-winning strategy game Shogun Total War.

    Read more from Stephen Turnbull

    Related to Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC– AD 1644

    Titles in the series (4)

    View More
    View More

    Related ebooks

    European History For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Nobunaga And The Monks

      Oct 3, 2019

      Nobunaga And The Monks
      1 min read

    • Article

      Ancient Battle Tactics

      Feb 20, 2020

      Ancient Battle Tactics
      4 min read

    • Article

      Fighting Forthe Faith

      May 19, 2021

      MEDIEVAL HOLY WARS AROUND THE WORLD Usually, but not necessarily, holy warriors worship a divine being or a pantheon of gods and goddesses. Usually, but not necessarily, they subscribe to authoritative dogmas that clearly distinguish between right be

      12 min read

    • Article

      The Armchair General

      Nov 25, 2021

      The Armchair General
      1 min read

    • Article

      The Emperor’s Secret Army

      Mar 2, 2020

      The Emperor’s Secret Army
      7 min read

    • Article

      Zheng He: Leader of the Ming Dynasty’s Treasure Voyages

      Jun 7, 2019

      After finally overthrowing the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368), ending close to a century under foreign rule, the first emperors of China’s Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644) wanted to demonstrate the power of Ming China and initiated military campaigns a

      4 min read

    • Article

      Inside A medieval Castle

      Jun 9, 2022

      Inside A medieval Castle
      3 min read

    • Article

      Reusing The Past

      Apr 8, 2023

      Reusing The Past
      3 min read

    • Article

      Constructing Defence

      Mar 21, 2022

      Constructing Defence
      6 min read

    • Article

      Ruins Of Ancient China

      Apr 21, 2022

      Ruins Of Ancient China
      3 min read

    • Article

      Deadly Elegance

      Jul 14, 2021

      Deadly Elegance
      5 min read

    • Article

      Cyclopean Fortifications

      Aug 4, 2023

      Cyclopean Fortifications
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Terracotta Warriors

      Jan 20, 2022

      The Terracotta Warriors
      5 min read

    • Article

      History Of China

      Feb 8, 2021

      Founded by the legendary Yu the Great (c. 2123 – 2025 BCE), the Xia Dynasty inaugurated dynastic rule in China. Yu is remembered for devising a system of irrigation canals that put an end to the floods that plagued the Chinese heartland, allowing com

      2 min read

    • Article

      Well-walled wilusa

      Jun 2, 2023

      Archaeologists have traditionally divided the remains of human habitation in Troy into ten main architectural phases, each of which is then subdivided according to minor changes in the city's architecture, from the late fourth millennium BC to the Ro

      7 min read

    • Article

      Secrets From Ancient China

      Dec 31, 2020

      Secrets From Ancient China
      9 min read

    • Article

      ZHENG HE Legendary Explorer

      Oct 10, 2022

      ZHENG HE Legendary Explorer
      6 min read

    • Article

      Frontier Tourists

      Jul 7, 2022

      Frontier Tourists
      5 min read

    • Article

      Key Events

      Apr 21, 2022

      Key Events
      2 min read

    • Article

      Off The Grid

      Jun 13, 2019

      Off The Grid
      2 min read

    • Article

      Book

      Feb 13, 2023

      일제강점기 시절 지어진 건축물이 도시 곳곳에 남아 있다. 식민 지배 이후 긴 세월이 흐른 지금, 건물들은 새로운 쓰임을 찾아가고 있지만, 제국주의의 잔재처럼 남은 건축물을 이해하는 일은 여전히 어려운 숙제로 다가온다. 이는 한국뿐 아니라 19세기 말부터 20세기 초까지 일본이 직간접으로 지배한 아시아의 다른 국가들에서도 마찬가지다. 건축사학자인 저자 니시자와 야스히코는 조선, 대만, 만주의 식민지 건축이 성립한 배경과 관여한 인물, 관련 정보의

      2 min read

    • Article

      Walls That Didn’t Tumble Down

      Aug 3, 2021

      Walls That Didn’t Tumble Down
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Great Wall of Mongolia

      Oct 8, 2020

      The Great Wall of Mongolia
      7 min read

    • Article

      Korea’s Game Of Thrones

      Apr 11, 2023

      Korea’s Game Of Thrones
      9 min read

    • Article

      Reviving the Past

      Apr 13, 2023

      In Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of an ancient port to the south of the Oujiang River. After more than a year of archaeological excavation, a site consisting of wengchengs (enclosures for defense usually outside

      4 min read

    Reviews for Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC– AD 1644

    3/5

    1 rating0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words