Barbarians at the Gate. Episode 2 : Beijing, Biography of an Imperial Capital / BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Beijing is where China and the outside world met, mediated, and collided. For centuries, it straddled the boundary between Chinese civilization and the nomadic tribes of Central Asia. In Beijing too, Jesuit missionaries first introduced Western science to the Chinese emperors who later fled the city...
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Language: | English |
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Closed-captioned. |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
BBC Worldwide Ltd,
[2008]
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Series: | Films on Demand.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (50 min., 31 sec.)) : sound, color. |
Format: | Electronic Video |
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