This book is part of a book series called Through Time .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Pan Macmillan .

Manuela Cappon is a member of the MM Comunicazione illustration studio based in Florence, Italy. Over the past 15 years, Manuela and her colleagues have specialized in highquality non-fiction illustrations, working with publishing houses both in Italy and abroad. Richard Platt is a renowned non-fiction writer, whose previous titles include Pirate Diary which won the 2002 Kate Greenaway Medal. To visit Richard's website click here

This book has the following chapters: 04-05 Introduction; 06-07 A marshy home 16000BCE; 08-09 Working the land 350BCE; 10-11 Building Zhongdu 1179CE; 12-13 Jin palace 1200CE; 14-15 Mongol conquest 1215CE; 16-17 Kublai Khan's city 1290CE; 18-19 Ming conquest 1368CE; 20-21 The Forbidden City 1406CE; 22-23 Life in the palace 1480CE; 24-25 Fire! 1514CE; 26-27 Fall of the Mind 1644CE; 28-29 European visitors 1695CE; 30-31 Western troops invade 1860CE; 32-33 The Boxer Rebellion 1900CE; 34-35 The last emperor 1919CE; 36-37 A new age 1924CE; 38-39 The Cultural Revolution 1966CE; 40-41 Museum city TODAY; 42-45 Illustrated glossary and timeline; 46-47 Index.