China

The Zhou and Qin dynasties

Useful works on the period include Nicola Di Cosmo, Ancient China and Its Enemies: The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History (2002); Cho-yun Hsu (Zhouyun Xu) and Katheryn M. Linduff, Western Chou Civilization (1988); Mark Edward Lewis, Sanctioned Violence in Early China (1990); and Yu-ning Li, The First Emperor of China (1975); Xueqin Li, Eastern Zhou and Qin Civilizations (1986). Benjamin Elman