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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.
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 Yangtze has played a major role in the history, culture, and economy of China. For thousands of years, the river has been used for water, irrigation, sanitation, transportation, industry, boundary-marking, and war.
Liangzhu culture: 良渚文化: Yangtze River Delta: 3100–2700: Majiayao culture: 馬家窯文化: upper Yellow River region in Gansu and Qinghai: 3100–2700: Qujialing culture: 屈家嶺文化: middle Yangtze region in Hubei and Hunan: 3000–2000: Longshan culture: 龍山文化: central and lower Yellow River: 2800–2000: Baodun culture ...
The Daxi culture (5000–3300 BC) was a Neolithic culture centered in the Three Gorges region around the middle Yangtze, China. The culture ranged from western Hubei to eastern Sichuan and the Pearl River Delta. The site at Daxi, located in the Qutang Gorge around Wushan, Chongqing, was discovered by Nels C. Nelson in the 1920s.
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 .
The Majiabang culture, formerly also written Ma-chia-pang, [1] was a Neolithic culture that occupied the Yangtze River Delta, primarily around Lake Tai west of modern Shanghai [a] and north of Hangzhou Bay.
The Lingjiatan culture (Ch:凌家滩, 3800–3300 BCE) is a Late Neolithic culture of China, in the area of the Lower Yangtze and Huai in Anhui. It is famous for its jade statuettes, which adopted the styles of the Hongshan culture .