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Ancient China

China is the world's oldest continuous major civilization, with written records dating back about 3,500 years and with 5,000 years being commonly used by Chinese as the age of the civilization. Successive dynasties developed systems of bureaucratic control, which gave the agrarian-based Chinese an advantage over neighboring nomadic and mountain dwelling cultures. The development of a state ideology based on Confucianism (100 BC) and a common system of writing (200 BC) both strengthened Chinese civilization. Politically, China alternated between periods of political union and disunion, and was often conquered by external ethnicities, which often eventually were assimilated into the Chinese identity.

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Ancient China Internet Resources

The Chinese studied astrology. By the 5th century, they had cataloged 1464 stars. In Beijing, there were about 5,000 stargazers.
crystalinks.com/china2.html

Ancient China
ANCIENT CHINA INDEX
crystalinks.com/china.html

Rare flute plays the music of ancient China
Artifacts unearthed by archaeologists are often significant. But this may be one of the few times that one of these relics has been able to carry a tune.
bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/1999/bnlpr09229...

China Experience
China: Beijing, Imperial City, Temple of Heaven, the Great Wall, Xi'an,the Terracotta Soldiers, Xi'an, Shanghai, the Summer Palace, acupuncture, calligraphy, introduction to Mandarin -- A bit of history and lots of pictures..
hua.umf.maine.edu/China/china.html

Ancient Chinese Birth Gender Chart
This is an ancient Chinese Chart used to predict the sex of your unborn child
mypage.direct.ca/j/jfeng/gender.htm

Chinese Cultural Studies: A brief chinese chronology
The traditional way of dividing Chinese history is in terms of dynasties...
acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/...

Geography
Modern China is a vast country. It is the world's fourth largest country and is home to approximately 1.25 billion people - nearly a quarter of the world's population.
ancientchina.co.uk/geography/home_set.h...

Dragons in Ancient China
Dragons originates in ancient China, and are now in folklores of many lands. This site shows only authentic graphics an collections from museums.
chinapage.com/dragon1.html

History of China
History of China
academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php...

Maths in Ancient China
Count With Your Fingers - Chinese Style
historyforkids.org/learn/china/science/...

History of China
Overview of Chinese History
www-chaos.umd.edu/history/welcome.html

Chinese Dynasties - Chinese & World Chronology
A chronological list of Chinese Dynasties.
chinapage.com/dyna1.html

Confucius
Chinese classics literature Confucius Kung Tze
chinapage.com/confucius/confucius.html

History of China: Ancient Dynasties
www-chaos.umd.edu/history/ancient1.html

Classical Chinese Paintings
China the Beautiful for Chinese Art painting calligraphy philosophy novels
chinapage.com/paint1.html

History of China
History of China, through each period.
www-chaos.umd.edu/history/toc.html

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