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Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC-AD 1644 (Fortress)
Chinese Walled Cities 221 BCAD 1644 - Fortress
Author: Stephen Turnbull
It has been said in China that a city without a wall would be as inconceivable as a house without a roof. Even the smallest village invariably had some form of defensive wall, while the Great Wall of China was an attempt to build a barrier along the most vulnerable border of the entire country. Yet the finest examples of walled communities were ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781846033810
ISBN-10: 1846033810
Publication Date: 5/19/2009
Pages: 64
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Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Book Type: Paperback
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