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The Gunpowder Age

China, Military Innovation, And The Rise Of The West In World History

by Tonio Andrade
language: english
Publisher: Princeton University Press, August of 2017 ‧
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The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s, four centuries before the technology passed to the West. But by the early 1800s, China had fallen so far behind the West in gunpowder warfare that it was easily defeated by Britain in the Opium War of 1839-42. What happened? In The Gunpowder Age, Tonio Andrad

The Gunpowder Age

China, Military Innovation, And The Rise Of The West In World History

by Tonio Andrade

Property Description
ISBN: 9780691178141
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date: August of 2017
Language: English
Dimensions: 155 x 235 x 20 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 448
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > History > General History
Books in English > History > History of Asia
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780691178141