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	History of China -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		By the end of the 2nd millennium BC, the (The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism) Zhou Dynasty (周朝;) began to emerge in the Huanghe valley, overrunning the Shang.
		The (Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy) Han Dynasty (漢朝;) emerged in 202 BC; it was the first dynasty to embrace Confucianism, which became the ideological underpinning of all regimes until the end of imperial China.
		The Tang and (Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy) Han are often referred to as the most prosperous periods of Chinese history.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/history_of_china.htm (6479 words)

	Ancient China [encyclopedia]
		Whenever China was conquered by nomadic tribes, as it was by the Mongols in the 13th century, the conquerors sooner or later adopted the ways of the "higher" Chinese civilization and staffed the bureaucracy with Chinese.
		China was inhabited more than a million years ago by Homo erectus: the excavations of Lantian and Yuanmou show early habitation.
		China was ruled by two independent dynasties, one in the south and the other in the north, and hence coined the era of Southern and Northern Dynasties.
	www.artzia.com /History/Civilizations/China (1273 words)

	Chinese Inventions and Remedies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In Ancient China, the Chinese's goal to make medicine was to make an elixir of life to make emperors immortal and help them live eternally.
		This was one of Ancient China's religious beliefs, and with this belief, the Chinese doctors discovered a way to rid the fl dragon spirit.
		In Ancient China, there were people who had a lot of sicknesses and diseases such as skin disease, urination problems, chicken pox, and lack of energy.
	www.crystalinks.com /chinainventions.html (3611 words)

	Ancient China
		The Ancient Chinese are known for their many inventions and technological advancements including the development of writing, a calendar, gunpowder, printing, silk, paper, and the compass.
		Study a piece of artwork from Ancient China such as The Art of China, Painting, Splendors of Imperial China, Tales of the Land of the Dragon, and World Art Treasures.
		China, an Inner Realm is where one can explore fascinating facts pertaining to the land, culture, and language of the vast and diverse nation.
	www.42explore2.com /china.htm (2121 words)

	Searching for China: a Full WebQuest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Currently, the people of China are experiencing great economic and social upheavals*.
		But to give up trying to understand the China would mean giving up chances to benefit financially, to help people, to save some of the world's natural and artistic treasures, to protect the safety and security of millions of people, or to enlighten people's lives with greater religious insight.
		Because China is a complex country, it would be silly to look at it from only one perspective.
	www.kn.pacbell.com /wired/China/ChinaQuest.html (1539 words)

	Electronic Passport to Chinese History
		The ancient Chinese believed their ancestors in heaven had chosen their leaders.
		Parts of China were ruled by the British, French, American, German, Russian, and Japanese forces.
		The Yuan encouraged Europeans to travel overland to China; Marco Polo was the most famous of the early Europeans to make the journey.
	www.mrdowling.com /613chinesehistory.html (869 words)

	Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Musuem on Asianart.com
		Splendors of Imperial China has been organized by the National Palace Museum, Taipei, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and is drawn entirely from the National Palace Museum, which possesses one of the world's richest and most renowned collections of Chinese art.
		With the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 and the imminent danger of an assault on northern China, the government took measures to safeguard the treasures in the Palace Museum.
		Among the earliest treasures on view in Splendors of Imperial China are perforated discs (pi) of jade from the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC, and ancient bronze vessels from the Shang (c.
	www.asianart.com /splendors/index.html (1028 words)

	Grade 6: China Projects & Internet Resources
		Part of a larger project from Urbana Middle School, Illinois the projects on Ancient China include and Ancient China Timeline (including the Shang Dynasty) and posters on Chinese philosophies created by sixth grade student.
		Ancient China : Grade 6 Project, Penn Charter School, PA Grade six projects from the Penn Charter School focusing on the Shang Dynasty.
		Based on the Florida Museum's exhibition "The Tombs of Ancient China", this curriculum guide is a resource for educators or students of Chinese art and culture.
	www.internet-at-work.com /hos_mcgrane/china/eg_china_intro.html (1847 words)

	China
		China - Hotlist from the University of Texas.
		China on the Net - This hotlist by Tom March is a starting point for anyone studying China.
		Exploring China - This is the site for you if you want your students to surf Internet links about China and download images, text, videos, music, etc. to put into their own multimedia scrapbook.
	webtech.kennesaw.edu /jcheek3/china.htm (1173 words)

	A Hotlist on ANCIENT CHINA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		CHINA - This site is filled with information about the history and culture of China.
		CHINA MAP AND TIMELINE - Although there is a history part, it may be too hard.
		CHINA TRAVEL - This web site is not just about traveling, but also a fine resource on the culture of China.
	www.kn.pacbell.com /wired/fil/pages/listancientpa.html (542 words)

	Daily Life in Ancient China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ancient China is a fascinating mix of extreme extravagance and extreme poverty.
		In ancient China, home and family were so important that they were nearly sacred.
		Ancient China - Learning modules by Richard Hooker, Washington State University, include the Yellow River Valley, the Shang, the Chou, ancient Chinese philosophies, and women in ancient China.
	members.aol.com /Donnclass/Chinalife.html (4624 words)

	Ancient China
		In the 18th century, China achieved a decisive technological advantage over the peoples of Central Asia, while simultaneously falling behind Europe technologically.
		In the early 20th century, the institution of the Emperor of China disappeared, and China entered a period of disunion started by the Chinese Civil War.
		There are now two nations which lay formal claim to the title of "China": the People's Republic of China (also called "Mainland China") and the pre-revolution government of the Republic of China which administers Taiwan and several small islands of Fujian.
	www.ancient-china.net (332 words)

	ANCIENT CHINA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Much of what came to constitute China Proper was unified for the first time in 221 B.C. In that year the western frontier state of Qin, the most aggressive of the Warring States, subjugated the last of its rival states.
		Buddhism entered China in the first century AD; an Indian religion that was initially a radical form of Hinduism, the dominant religion in ancient India, it was accepted with open arms in China.
		The effect was to inhibit the societal development of premodern China, resulting both in many generations of political, social, and spiritual stability and in a slowness of cultural and institutional change up to the nineteenth century.
	www.bookofcels.com /assignments/china/china.htm (13572 words)

	The Early Origins of China
		By 5000 BCE agricultural communities had spread through much of what is now called China, and there were agricultural villages from the Wei River Valley eastward, parallel with the great Yellow River (Huang Ho), which flowed out of the Kunlun Mountains to the deciduous forest and loess soil region of the North China Plain.
		The first dynasty of kings in the North China Plain has been described as belonging to the Xia family - whose rule is thought to have begun around 2200 BCE.
		By force, the Shang unified people along the North China Plain, building an empire in much the same way as other conquerors: by leaving behind a garrison force to police local people, by turning a local king into a subservient ally free to manage local matters, and by taxing the conquered.
	www.fsmitha.com /h1/ch06.htm (1921 words)

	Ancient Dynasties
		A number of ceremonial bronze vessels with inscriptions date from the Shang period; the workmanship on the bronzes attests to a high level of civilization.
		A line of hereditary Shang kings ruled over much of northern China, and Shang troops fought frequent wars with neighboring settlements and nomadic herdsmen from the inner Asian steppes.
		The capitals, one of which was at the site of the modern city of Anyang, were centers of glittering court life.
	www-chaos.umd.edu /history/ancient1.html (838 words)

	A to Z Kids Stuff China
		During the Qin dynasty, all of China was united and the Great Wall of China was begun.
		In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek and KMT fled to Taiwan.
		Collection of 30 maps of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan from the University of Texas at Austin.
	www.atozkidsstuff.com /china.html (1350 words)

	Ancient & Classic Cultures - Homework Center - Multnomah County Library
		This site provides information on ancient languages, such as the language family and pronunciation, as well as the written characters of any ancient language you can imagine.
		Ancient calendars, the earliest clocks, and the revolution of timekeeping.
		Discusses the ancient dynasties, the Imperial Period, and on to modern Chinese history.
	www.multcolib.org /homework/anchsthc.html (3992 words)

	Condensed China: Chinese History for Beginners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Condensed China is an introduction to Chinese history.
		It is not a complete history of China; I deliberately skipped over and left out a lot of information.
		Condensed China has become substantially more popular than I had dared hope when I first put this up; I'm averaging more than 6,000 hits a month, no doubt due to being linked from the Washington Post, Popular Science, and GameSpot, as well as from all the major online libraries of Chinese and Asian links.
	asterius.com /china (253 words)

	ancient chinese civilization china
		__ "China was in the 13th century probably the wealthiest and most advanced country in the world, with the biggest cities, the greatest shipping, the best doctors and the most sophisticated technology." - http://www.emayzine.com/lectures/china%2Dmanuscript.html
		As you scroll down the page you will find not only a chronological outline but comparisons to what is happening in the rest of the world.
		From 600,000 BCE to the end of dynastic China in the 20th century - From City University of New York - http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/chinhist.html
	www.archaeolink.com /ancient_chinese_civilization.htm (830 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Ancient China (Nature Company Discoveries Libraries) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ancient China (Journey Into Civilization) by Robert Nicholson
		Ancient China: 2,000 Years of Mystery and Adventure to Unlock and Discover (Treasure Chest) by Chao-Hui Jenny Liu
		Otherwise, it is similar in format and content to Arthur Cotterell's Ancient China (Knopf, 1994), but not as detailed.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0809492482?v=glance (609 words)

	Ancient/Biblical - China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As a renowned scholar of neolithic society, you have received the exciting opportunity through the Chinese Ministry of Culture to compete in the Battle of the Scholars in discovering the mysteries of one of the most important finds of the late 20th century.
		Its propensity to flood has caused it to be labeled as "China's Sorrow." Students should be familiar with these two aspects of this river's role in Chinese history and development.
		This chapter completes the introduction to the seven areas where "primary" culture developed--the Yellow River of China, the Niger River valley of West Africa, Mesoamerica, and the Pacific coastal plain of South America and the adjacent Andes.
	www.besthistorysites.net /AncientBiblical_China.shtml (1352 words)

	Ten laments - Technology and education in ancient China
		In ancient times, people did not care much for material wealth but greatly valued their time.
		In ancient times, people did not feel it too far to come from a thousand li carrying their books on their back, looking for a teacher.
		In ancient times, people copied manuscripts themselves, day into the night, and were constantly suffering from the lack books.
	www.logoi.com /notes/ten_laments.html (911 words)

	China: Chou and Qin
		The coinage of China has not really changed (until very recently) for the last 2250 years.
		With the exception of some spade, knife and bridge shaped pieces, most Chinese coins are cast bronze (AE), uniface, round and have a square hole in the middle.
		There is a tradition that they were inserted into the noses of the dead to keep out the ants.
	www.grifterrec.com /coins/china/ancientchina.html (192 words)

	CyberHunt: Ancient China
		The Ancient Chinese were the first humans to use paper, created by soaking the inner bark of a mulberry tree in chemicals, pressing it, and drying it.
		The Ancient Chinese used a special ink called "lamp fl" made out of the soot from the bottom of kettles mixed with tree sap.
		Although they date back more than 3,000 years, the mummies were representative of an ancient society that had knowledge of weaving and the art of tattooing, and used horses.
	teacher.scholastic.com /products/instructor/ancientchina_teacher.htm (714 words)

	Chinese Inventions @ The Franklin Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The craft of papermaking relied upon an abundance of bamboo fiber to produce a fine quality paper.
		In China: Ancient Arts and Sciences, the papermaker uses only the traditional materials and methods to produce fine art paper.
		The Chinese invention of moveable type, credited to Bi Sheng in the year 1045 AD, did not significantly impact Chinese society.
	sln.fi.edu /tfi/info/current/inventions.html (335 words)

	Ancient China
		The focus here is on the economy, trade, rulers, and technology of ancient China.
		The Silk Road connected China with the Roman Empire and the west.
		This ambitious site tells the whole history of China and is full of interesting images and actual Chinese language characters.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /subjects/ancientchina.htm (147 words)

	Ancient China LearnEnglish Kids
		Early China was ruled by emperors from different "dynasties", or royal families, and the people of Ancient China invented and discovered many things.
		The Ancient Chinese invented many things that we still use today, for example, paper and ink, the compass and gunpowder.
		Find out who is who in Ancient China, read about ancient Chinese beliefs, and learn more about Chinese festivals and dragons.
	www.learnenglish.org.uk /kids/archive/theme_china.html (211 words)

	Cyberhunt Kids
		The Ancient Chinese created many important inventions that are now used around the world, such as paper money and gunpowder.
		A tradition that began in ancient China is the celebration of Chinese New Year.
		The Great Wall of China is the longest structure ever built, thanks mostly to the Ming dynasty.
	teacher.scholastic.com /lessonrepro/reproducibles/instructor/cyberhunt/0301/ancientchina_kids.htm (286 words)

	Ancient China
		Long distances and physical barriers isolated China from other ancient civilizations, leading the Chinese to believe that China was the center of the Earth and the sole source of civilization.
		Confucius, China's most influential philosopher, taught that harmony resulted when people accepted their place in society.
		Han rulers strengthened China's government and economy, expanded China's borders and influence, and opened up the Silk Road, a major trade route that would link China and the west for centuries.
	home.cfl.rr.com /crossland/AncientCivilizations/Ancient_China/ancient_china.html (394 words)

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