China, Five Thousands Years of Power, Culture and Reinvention.
China Five thousand YearsBy Richard Murdoch Montgomery, MD, PhD
Length17h 49m
About this audiobook
China: Five Thousand Years of Power, Culture and Reinvention
**Richard Murdoch Montgomery**
**Scottish Science Society**
China is not merely one of the world's oldest continuous civilisations. It is one of history's most extraordinary demonstrations of political reinvention, cultural resilience, intellectual creativity and human endurance. Across five millennia, kingdoms have risen and disappeared, dynasties have conquered and fragmented, religions have crossed mountains and deserts, merchants have connected continents, revolutions have overturned ancient hierarchies, and a predominantly agrarian empire has become one of the defining technological and economic powers of the twenty-first century.
**China: Five Thousand Years of Power, Culture and Reinvention** tells that immense story as a coherent human narrative.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Philosophy
Length17 hrs 49 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 15, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Front Matter
2Chapter One — Rivers Before Dynasties
3Chapter Two — Bronze, Blood and the Ancestors: The Shang
4Chapter Three — The Mandate of Heaven: The Zhou Invention
5Chapter Four — The Hundred Schools: When China Learned to Argue
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6Chapter Five — The First Emperor
7Chapter Six — How the Han Learned to Make Empire Last
8Chapter Seven — Horses, Silk and the World Beyond China
9Chapter Eight — When the Han World Broke
10Chapter Nine — China Divided: Warriors, Migrants and the Arrival of the Buddha
11Chapter Ten — The Sui: Reunifying the Impossible Empire
12Chapter Eleven — Chang'an: Capital of the World
13Chapter Twelve — The Rebellion That Shook the Tang Part 1
14Chapter Twelve — The Rebellion That Shook the Tang Part 2
15Chapter Thirteen — The Song Revolution: Money, Cities and Machines Part 1
16Chapter Thirteen — The Song Revolution: Money, Cities and Machines Part 2
17Chapter Fourteen — The Examination Room: How Scholars Governed an Empire
18Chapter Fifteen — China and the Peoples of the North
19Chapter Sixteen — The Mongols Take China
20Chapter Seventeen — From Poverty to the Dragon Throne Part 1
21Chapter Seventeen — From Poverty to the Dragon Throne Part 2
22Chapter Eighteen — The Forbidden City and the Treasure Fleets
23Chapter Nineteen — Silver, Porcelain and the First Global Economy
24Chapter Twenty — How the Ming Fell Part 1
25Chapter Twenty — How the Ming Fell Part 2
26Chapter Twenty-One — The Manchus Take Beijing Part 1
27Chapter Twenty-One — The Manchus Take Beijing Part 2
28Chapter Twenty-Two — Kangxi, Qianlong and the Making of a Continental Empire Part 1
29Chapter Twenty-Two — Kangxi, Qianlong and the Making of a Continental Empire Part 2
30Chapter Twenty-Three — Inside Qing China: Families, Commerce, Books and Desire
31Chapter Twenty-Four — The Prosperous Age Begins to Crack Part 1
32Chapter Twenty-Four — The Prosperous Age Begins to Crack Part 2
33Chapter Twenty-Five — Opium and Gunboats
34Chapter Twenty-Six — The Heavenly Kingdom: China's Civil War Before the Civil Wars
35Chapter Twenty-Seven — Learning from the Enemy Part 1
36Chapter Twenty-Seven — Learning from the Enemy Part 2
37Chapter Twenty-Eight — From the Boxers to the Last Emperor Part 1
38Chapter Twenty-Eight — From the Boxers to the Last Emperor Part 2
39Chapter Twenty-Nine — Nineteen Eleven: An Emperor Leaves, a Republic Arrives Part 1
40Chapter Twenty-Nine — Nineteen Eleven: An Emperor Leaves, a Republic Arrives Part 2
41Chapter Thirty — Warlords, Students and May Fourth Part 1
42Chapter Thirty — Warlords, Students and May Fourth Part 2
43Chapter Thirty-One — Nationalists and Communists
44Chapter Thirty-Two — The Long March and the Struggle for China Part 1
45Chapter Thirty-Two — The Long March and the Struggle for China Part 2
46Chapter Thirty-Three — China at War with Japan Part 1
47Chapter Thirty-Three — China at War with Japan Part 2
48Chapter Thirty-Four — Nineteen Forty-Nine: Who Won China? Part 1
49Chapter Thirty-Four — Nineteen Forty-Nine: Who Won China? Part 2
50Chapter Thirty-Five — The Revolution Takes Power
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