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48 Lectures 1Journey to the East 2Yin and Yang-The Geography of China 3Early China and the Mysterious Xia 4The Coming of the Shang 5The Shang and Writing for the Gods 6The Zhou and the Mandate of Heaven 7Great Ideas of the Zhou-Confucianism 8Great Ideas of the Zhou-Later Confucianism 9Great Ideas of the Zhou-Daoism 10Great Ideas of the Zhou-Legalism 11The Qin and the First Emperor of China 12Contact with the West-The Early Han 13Triumph and Tragedy-The Later Han 14Silk Roads-In the Footsteps of Nomads 15Silk Roads-The Envoy Zhang Qian 16Silk Roads-Perils of Camels and Caravans 17Silk Roads-Rome and Roads from the West 18Silk Roads-The Lost Kushan Empire 19Origins of Buddhism 20The Age of Disunity 21The Great Taizong and the Rise of the Tang 22Changan and the Glittering Tang 23Korea-Mysterious Beginnings 24Korea-The Land of Morning Calm 25Korea-The Unified Silla 26Korea-The Koryo 27Japan-Geography and Early Cultures 28Japan-Treasures of the Tomb Period 29Japan-Nara and the Great Eastern Temple 30Japan-The World of the Heian 31Southeast Asia-Vietnam 32Southeast Asia-Indian and Islamic Influences 33The Industrial Revolution of the Song 34Intellectual and Cultural Life of the Song 35The Mongols Conquer the World 36Shaking the Foundation-Mongols in the East 37The Rise of the Ming 38Great Treasure Fleets of the Ming 39The Qing-Nomads Return from the North 40The Qing-The Last Emperor of China 41Korea Choson-Rise of the Yangban 42Korea Choson-The Last Dynasty 43Medieval Japan-Samurai and Shoguns 44Tokugawa and Meiji Japan 45The People's Republic of China 46Isolation and Cold War Conflicts 47The Rise of the East Asian Tigers 48The Enduring Ideas of Eastern Civilization.