MAPS, FIGURES, AND TABLE
Maps
    1.   China and Its Surrounding Areas ................   10
    2.   Chinas Heartland ...........................      23
    3.   Chinas Periphery ...........................      26
  4a.    Early Han Dynasty ..........................       41
  4b.    Late Han Dynasty ...........................       41
  4c.    Early Tang Dynasty ..........................      42
  4d.    Late Tang Dynasty ..........................       42
  4e.    Early Ming Dynasty ..........................      43
   4f.   Late Ming Dynasty ..........................       43
  4g.    Early Qing Dynasty ..........................      44
  4h.    Late Qing Dynasty...........................       44
Figures
   1. War Frequency in Imperial China ...............       47
   2. Major Chinese Campaigns Against the Periphery,
      221 B.C. to the Present........................       48
Table
   1. Hegemonic Cycles in Modern History ............       219
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