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  2. Ancient Chinese states - Wikipedia

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    Fang States (Chinese:⽅) refer to the various tribes and states during the Shang dynasty in ancient China. Today, scholars' understanding of these states primarily comes from oracle bone inscriptions unearthed from the late Shang dynasty Yinxu. In these inscriptions, these tribal states are often referred to as name + "方".

  3. Chinese expansionism - Wikipedia

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    Asian Waters: The Struggle Over the South China Sea and the Strategy of Chinese Expansion (2018) excerpt; Mancall, Mark. China at the Center: 300 Years of Foreign Policy (1984) Reeves, Jeffrey. "Imperialism and the Middle Kingdom: the Xi Jinping administration's peripheral diplomacy with developing states." Third World Quarterly 39.5 (2018 ...

  4. Europeans in Medieval China - Wikipedia

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    He arrived in Macau in 1582, when he began to learn the Chinese language and information about China's ancient culture, yet was unaware of the events that had transpired there since the end of the Franciscan missions in the mid 14th century and establishment of the Ming dynasty. [156]

  5. Outline of ancient China - Wikipedia

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    History of ancient China. Neolithic China (c. 8500 – c. 2070 BC) – predates ancient China; Bronze Age China. Xia dynasty (c. 2070 – c. 1600 BC) Shang dynasty (c. 1600 – c. 1046 BC) Zhou dynasty (c. 1046 – 256 BC|BCE) Western Zhou (1046–771 BC) Iron Age China. Zhou dynasty (continued) Eastern Zhou. Spring and Autumn period (771 ...

  6. Chinese exploration - Wikipedia

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    This attempt did not lead China to global expansion, as the Confucian bureaucracy under the next emperor reversed the policy of open exploration and by 1500, it became a capital offence to build a seagoing junk with more than two masts. [19] Chinese merchants became content trading with already existing tributary states nearby and abroad.

  7. Qin (state) - Wikipedia

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    Qin (/ tʃ ɪ n /, or Ch'in [1]) was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty.It is traditionally dated to 897 BC. [2] The Qin state originated from a reconquest of western lands that had previously been lost to the Xirong.

  8. Western Zhou - Wikipedia

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    They built an eastern capital at Chengzhou (modern day Luoyang) and began founding colonies or states at strategic points in their domain. [57] The most important were placed under members of the ruling Jī (姬) family. These colonies are listed in the Zuozhuan, and some have been confirmed by archaeological finds. [58]

  9. Administration of territory in dynastic China - Wikipedia

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    Dardess, John (2012), Ming China 1368-1644 A Concise History of A Resilient Empire, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Herman, John E. (2007), Amid the Clouds and Mist China's Colonization of Guizhou, 1200-1700, Harvard University Asia Center; Hucker, Charles (1987), A Dictionary of Official Titles in Imperial China; Kracke, E. A., Jr. (1967 ...