30–Second Ancient China: The 50 Most Important Achievements of a Timeless Civilisation, each explained in Half a Minute

In the West, the story of Ancient China is less familiar to us than that of Ancient Egypt or Rome, but it is no less absorbing, and its rollcall of achievements is easily as impressive. 30-Second Ancient China unlocks the secrets of its Bronze Age glories and offers summaries of everything from the lost cities of the Zhou kings to the birth of Confucianism the perfect introduction to one of the great ancient civilizations.

Dr Yijie Zhuang is Lecturer in Chinese Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He graduated from Peking University and obtained his PhD at the University of Cambridge. He specialises in the archaeology of Bronze Age China.