Detail: All lectures begin at 7 pm.

Lecture by: Li Feng is Associate Professor of Early Chinese History and Archaeology, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University, and an expert in ancient Chinese bronzes and bronze inscriptions.

The Qin Empire was not be born overnight. Each stage took considerable time to develop. Explore the recent progress of early Qin archaeology and the implications for the rise of the Qin Empire. Beginning as a small polity in the deep mountains on the fringe of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Qin had achieved considerable territorial gains in the 7th to 5th centuries BC after their historical move into central Shaanxi. With further consolidation of state and bureaucracy, competing with other powers in eastern China, Qin had built the middle Wei River valley as the firm base for the future empire.

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