After a long period of disunity and civil war between northern and southern states, China was reunified into a single state ...

A Study in the Urban History of Medieval China,” “Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty: His Life, Times, and Legacy,” “A Historical Dictionary of Medieval China,” and “Heavenly Khan: A Biography of Emperor ...

When the dissolute last emperor of the Sui Dynasty tries to hold an empirewide beauty contest a corrupt official takes advantage of the opportunity to divert money into his own coffers and steals ...