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Yangtze civilization (simplified Chinese: 长江文明; traditional Chinese: 長江文明) is a generic name for various ancient Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures from the Yangtze basin in China, a contemporary civilization by the neighboring Yellow River civilization.
A blockade of the Yangtze River by the rebel Gongsun Shu was broken by Han castle ships. 43: Second Chinese domination of Vietnam: Vietnam fell into Han control. 45: Ban Zhao, China's first female historian, is born. 52: The Yuejue Shu was written. 57: 29 March: Guangwu died. He was succeeded by his son Emperor Ming of Han. 58: The Han ...
The Liangzhu (/ ˈ l j ɑː ŋ ˈ dʒ uː /) culture or civilization (3300–2300 BC) was the last Chinese Neolithic jade culture in the Yangtze River Delta.The culture was highly stratified, as jade, silk, ivory and lacquer artifacts were found exclusively in elite burials, while pottery was more commonly found in the burial plots of poorer individuals.
The earliest examples of cultivated rice in China were found in the Yangtze River valley and dated to approximately 8000 years ago. [2] Agriculture in China seemed to have begun at the same time with pottery production and sedentary life, a distinction from several other regions. [ 3 ]
East-south-eastern China (lower Yangtze): Zhejiang and biggest part of Jiangsu. South-central China (middle Yangtze): Hubei and northern part of Hunan. Sichuan and upper Yangtze. Southeast China: Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, southern part of Hunan, lower Red River in the northern part of Vietnam and the island of Taiwan.
Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods of unity, fracture, prosperity, and strife. Chinese civilization first emerged in the Yellow River valley, which along with the Yangtze basin constitutes the geographic core of the Chinese cultural sphere. China maintains a rich diversity of ethnic and linguistic ...
The Qujialing culture (3400–2600 BC) was a Neolithic civilisation centered primarily on the middle Yangtze River region in Hubei and Hunan, China. The culture succeeded the Daxi culture and reached southern Shaanxi , northern Jiangxi and southwest Henan .
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