{"product_id":"24-hours-in-ancient-china","title":"24 Hours in Ancient China","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiscover what one day in ancient China is like by spending twenty-four hours with the people who lived there. \u003cem\u003e24 Hours in Ancient China\u003c\/em\u003e invites you to meet a wide range of fascinating characters from all parts of society to experience what life was really like during this incredible time and empire.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe year is AD 17. The Han dynasty is in power and we are in and around \u003cem\u003eChang’an\u003c\/em\u003e, the capital and one of the most developed regions of the empire, which is enjoying a prolonged economic and cultural pinnacle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery hour we meet a different person - from dancers to doctors, priests to convicts, textile workers to tomb looters – and build a multi-layered picture of the social fabric of ancient \u003cstrong\u003eChina\u003c\/strong\u003e and this fascinating period in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are extraordinary palaces, military bases and city walls. Households are benefitting from the invention of numerous agricultural technologies and an unprecedented level of craft production, which includes ceramics, bronzes, iron objects and many other elaborate goods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an age that is both vibrant and innovative but also riven with conflict and contradictions. For as successful as the empire is, the reality is that life for the ordinary inhabitants is still about the same problems: earning money, work struggles and family dramas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Yijie Zhuang\u003c\/strong\u003e obtained his PhD in archaeology from Cambridge University and is now as Associate Professor in Chinese archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookspeed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64116401996153,"sku":"ASI-6202","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/7566\/5197\/files\/24_Hours_in_Ancient_China.jpg?v=1785423699","url":"https:\/\/shop.ashmolean.org\/products\/24-hours-in-ancient-china","provider":"Ashmolean Museum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}