china – origins and historical overview © howard r. spendelow georgetown university 11 jul 2007
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China –
Origins and Historical Overview
© Howard R. Spendelow
Georgetown University11 Jul 2007
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Shang period
Zhou
expansion from Shang to Qin
Han
Han and its boundaries
Divisions in the Northern & Southern Courts (5th cent. CE)
Tang dynasty
Tang, Tibet, & Central Asia – c. 700 CE
Silk Road – land and sea routes
China as part of the Mongol Empire, late 12th cent. CE
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Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
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Qing Expansion
yin/yang with trigrams (陰陽八卦 )
flag of the Republic of Korea
examples of oracle-bone writing (jiaguwen 甲骨文 )
Bronze Age excavation sites
Standing Figure from Sanxingdui, Sichuan
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