Chinese History

There is a LOT of Chinese history!
Useful timeline.
complete animated history in 20 minutes!  Dynasties song to help remember them.  All  China’s dynasties explained in 7 minutes!

Excellent online course on The European Discovery of China,  with the wonderful Professor Dolores Folch.   A fantastic resource, and it is free!  Amongst lots of excellent material, it uses the Qingming festival handscroll (Ming dynasty version).

Mind-expanding book on The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan, and his view of the contemporary New Silk Roads book, and documentary.  The New Silk Road Project website.  A German documentary on this subject.

BBC radio podcasts include much on Chinese culture & history:

Other excellent podcasts (I have referenced the websites, but you need to find the podcasts themselves through your normal podcast platform):

Plus:
BM Curator’s corner on Han woman’s costume.
Lecture on Women in the Forbidden City.
Article on Marco Polo – a Chinese edition!  Did he exist?  Did he really go to China?
Archaeology articles:  Queen Fu Hao,  Tang Women.