Great Wall in 50 Objects by Lindesay, William -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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The Great Wall in 50 Objects CONTENTS Also by William Lindesay Foreword Introduction Maps: Origin of Objects Part One Survey: Eight Keys Objects from various dates

1. On Reaching Europe Abraham Ortelius’ Theatre of the World atlas 2. A Place of No Return Meng Jiangnü’s Endless Search for her Husband woodblock print 3. The Enemy at First Sight Bronze face of a Xiongnu warrior 4. Observing a Ceasefire Painting of a Mongol archer 5. Just Add Water Pottery sherds from the desert floor 6. Prefabrication An inscribed brick from the Ming Wall 7. Accelerated Warfare Bronze mirror showing cavalry 8. Decisive Advantage A nomadic composite bow

Part Two Foundations Objects from the third century BC to AD 221

9. The Iron Age Factor Mould for casting iron chisels 10. Sure Footing A bronze stirrup 11. An Eyewitness Report Sima Qian’s Records of the Grand Historian 12. Writers and Fighters Polyhedral wooden record 13. Past Glories ‘Map of China and the Barbarian Lands’ stele rubbing 14. Charting Archaeology Stein’s sketch map of the Han Wall 15. Alarms from the North Wooden records bearing signalling instructions 16. A Han-Hun Wedding Lady Wang Travels Beyond the Wall marriage print 17. Mechanical Advantage Trigger mechanism of a crossbow

Part Three Intrusions Objects from AD 221 to 1368

18. Becoming Chinese Figurine of an armoured horse and rider 19. The Gap Years Tri-coloured glaze figurine of a camel 20. Millennium Man Silver funerary mask of a Qidan nobleman 21. The 75, 15, 10 Formula A pottery hand grenade 22. Mapping History ‘Handy Maps of the Past Dynasties, Chronologically Organised’ 23. Harnessing Sun and Wind Gold-tipped trident of a spirit banner 24. Sharpshooters Mongol arrowheads 25. Cavalry Wear Mongol armour 26. Horsepower The Mongolian horse

Part Four Core Objects from 1368 to 1644

27. Frontier Palace Silk painting of the Imperial City 28. Into Thin Air The wolf smoke alarm signal 29. A Calamitous Sortie Iron gate lock 30. Point and Shoot A blunderbuss 31. The Gift of Horses ‘Presenting Horses’ scroll painting on silk 32. Sixteenth Century Typos Bluestone stele bearing construction records 33. Stone Age Weapons Gunpowder rock bombs 34. A Bird’s Eye View Fired-clay roof guardian 35. History in Situ Ink rubbing of a stele 36. Relic of a Grand Commander Qi Jiguang’s steel sabre 37. View from the High Command ‘Map of the Nine Border Regions’ 38. A Long Strip of Wall ‘Plans of the Jizhen Commandery’ 39. Globalisation Cornelis de Jode’s ‘new’ world map 40. Moving Targets Foreign-style ‘Border Pacification Cannon’ 41. The Last Emperor Admonition decree from the Board of War

Part Five Ruins Objects from 1644 to 1987

42. Science Convert ‘The Jesuit Atlas of Kangxi’s Realm’ 43. In Great Detail Captain Parish’s technical drawings 44. New Convoys Photo of the Beijing to Paris inaugural car rally 45. A Milestone Journey The Great Wall of China by William Edgar Geil 46. Building Fiction Kafka’s Great Wall short story 47. Back to the Wall Press photo from the Sino-Japanese War 48. Prop Art 1960s poster of peace and friendship 49. ‘Love our China, Rebuild our Great Wall’ Painting depicting Deng Xiaoping at the Great Wall 50. A Gift to China Pair of photos of Luowenyu, 80 years apart

Epilogue

51. Italian Journey The Borgia Great Wall scroll

Photos Chronology of Dynasties Bibliography Photo Credits Acknowledgements Imprint Baijiu: Sneak Peek Baijiu: Introduction Baijui: Chapter 1 THE BEGINNING

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