Ancient Chinese Architecture / Defense Structures

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Photographs: The Great Wall; North China; Central China; South China; Northeast China; Western China.-
Text: Evolution of City Defense Structures, Walls and Moats - Ascent and Decline of the Dynastic Capital Cities: The First City Walls and Moats; Towns and Cities of the Three Dynasties; Capital Cities of the Periods of Spring/Autumn and the Warring States; Qin Xianyang, Han Changan and Luoyang; Yecheng, Jianye and Chengdu of the Period of Three Kingdoms; Wall Construction During the Two Jin and the Northern/Southern Dynasties; Changan Cheng of the Sui and Tang Dynasties; Yuan Dadu, Ming and Qing Beijing and Provincial Cities.- Design, Structure, Construction, Attack and Defense - Strategically Located Strong Defense Systems: Rules of Design; Defense Structures; Construction; Attack and Defense.- The Ten Thousand Li Great Wall - The Greatest Defense Work in Chinese History: History of the Great Wall; Nine-Frontier Vital Commands.- Appendices.- Notes on the Photographs.- Maps and Chronology