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  2. Five thousand years of Chinese civilization - Wikipedia

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    In his book Sinicæ Historiæ Decas Prima, he covered a wide range of Chinese subjects and was the first person to put forward the concept of five thousand years of Chinese history. [5] By the late Qing dynasty, the concept of "5,000 years of Chinese culture" had been officially recognized and promoted by the Qing government. For example, the ...

  3. Timeline of Chinese history - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese Buddhist monks Zhiyu and Zhiyou crafted a mechanical south-pointing chariot for the Japanese emperor Emperor Tenji. 668: The Protectorate General to Pacify the East was established. 683: 27 December: Gaozong died. 684: The Qianling Mausoleum was completed. Luo Binwang died. 690: 16 October: Gaozong's wife Wu Zetian became emperor of ...

  4. History of China - Wikipedia

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    A standing army of 1 million troops was created. The Chinese armies conquered and occupied Vietnam for around 20 years, while the Chinese fleet sailed the China seas and the Indian Ocean, cruising as far as the east coast of Africa. The Chinese gained influence in eastern Moghulistan. Several maritime Asian nations sent envoys with tribute for ...

  5. 4th millennium BC - Wikipedia

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    China Peiligang culture ... a number of indicators shows there was a global change in climate 5,200 years ago, ... 4000 BC – Epoch of the Masonic calendar's Anno ...

  6. Yellow River civilization - Wikipedia

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    One of the "four major civilizations of the ancient world", it is often included in textbooks of East Asian history, but the idea of including only the Yellow River civilization as one of the four biggest ancient civilizations has become outdated as a result of the discovery of other early cultures in China, such as the Yangtze and Liao ...

  7. List of Neolithic cultures of China - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese neolithic:trajectories to early states. Cambridge, UK New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81184-8. Liu, Li; Chen, Xingcan (eds). 2012. The archaeology of China: from the late paleolithic to the early bronze age. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-64310-8; Underhill, Anne P (ed). 2013. A companion to Chinese ...

  8. Snake artifact used in shamanic rituals 4,000 years ago ... - AOL

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    The serpentine object, which dates back some 4,000 years, was discovered last year in Taoyuan City, about 30 miles west of Taipei, according to a Feb. 9 news release from the National Tsing Hua ...

  9. Prehistoric Asia - Wikipedia

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    Fossils representing 40 Homo erectus individuals, known as Peking Man, were found near Beijing at Zhoukoudian that date to about 400,000 years ago. The species was believed to have lived for at least several hundred thousand years in China, [3] and possibly until 200,000 years ago in Indonesia. They may have been the first to use fire and cook ...