Download or read book A Brief History of the Dynasties of China written by Bamber Gascoigne and published by Constable. This book was released on 2003 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By focusing on the key colourful characters of the eight major dynasties, the author brings to life 3500 years of Chinese civilization. His view starts on the borders of myth. It moves on to the greatest achievements of language and thought, the cultural treasures and imperial palaces, wars won and lands lost to the Mongols, finally to arrive at the 1912 Revolution, which contained within it the seeds of Communism that ensured the overthrow of the last emperor.