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History of China


History of China offers you valuable information about the country's past. The History of China tells tales about the glorious past of China as well as its growth and development. The demonstrations confirm that the earliest humans in China amounted to 2.24 million to 250,000 many years ago. A cave in Zhoukoudian has vestiges of the past. Prehistoric China was one of the places of human development. In ancient China, the first dynasty to have ruled was Xia.

History of China tells us about the Great Wall of China which is counted among the Seven Wonders of the World. The Mongolian leaders and the fifth Mongol Empire Kublai Khan formed the Yuan Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty, which survived till 1912 was the last dynasty which ruled China. The Qing dynasty acquired a justificatory approach towards European imperialism. As China opened up to foreign trade and commercial activities, opium produced by British India was forced onto Qing China.

History of China also informs about Han Dynasty who ruled China between 206 BCE and 220 CE. The province of China was expanded by this dynasty. It ran up to Korea, Vietnam, Mongolia and Central Asia. It also helped in the creation of the Silk Road in Central Asia. After the fall of Han Dynasty, another period of conflict ensued and the common man suffered.

The history of the country also states that the civilization in China starts from Liujiang County, Guangxi where 67,000 years old craniums have been found. The first dynasty which regulated China was Xia. The time is believed to be legendary as the scientific developments started in the Bronze Age. The second dynasty which ruled China was the loosely feudal Shang. It was to be found along the banks of Yellow river in the eastern part of China between the 18th to 12th centaury BC. The first unified Chinese state was established by the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC. At this time, the Chinese language was by force uniformed.

History of China tells us that China was brought back together again under Sui dynasty. The Sui dynasty did not rule for a long period of time. The culture and technology of Chinese people reached it extreme point during this time.

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