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A 13th-Century Traveler to China Comes to Light __ "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
Ancient China - Ancient Chinese Civilization __ History and culture of ancient Chinese civilization designed with the younger student in mind. - illustrated, history - From Ms. Croft-Crossland's Standard World History - http://home.cfl.rr.com/crossland/AncientCivilizations/Ancient_China/ancient_china.html
Ancient China __ Timeline with brief history notes - From Crystalinks - http://www.crystalinks.com/china.html
Ancient China Daily Life __ Daily life in four Chinese dynasties - illustrated - http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Chinalife.html
Ancient China: The Great Unification: The Chin, 256-206 BC __ "Discover the Empire of the Ch'in and China's first great unification. This dynasty is sometimes called 'Qin.' - From Washington State University - http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHEMPIRE/CHIN.HTM
Ancient China: Shang & Tang Bronzes __ Overview and images of bronzes from China's Bronze Age - illustrated - From Werner Schmidlin - http://www.users.bigpond.com/wernerschmidlin/ancientchina.html
Ancient Chinese Archaeology and Artifacts __ General website about ancient
Chinese civilization - illustrated - From Crystalinks -
http://www.crystalinks.com/chinartifacts.html
China __"Fashion, art, dynasties, inventions, and games in ancient Chinese
civilization are all featured here." - From ThinkQuest -
http://library.thinkquest.org/11576/chincont.html
China: Ch'in and Han __ About the first unification of China by the Ch'in dynasty, from which China takes its name. "But the Chinese Empire itself, which Ch'in created, would last for more than 2000 years, the longest-lived political institution in world history." - From Emayzine - http://www.emayzine.com/lectures/chinhan.htm
China: Han __ Outline of Chinese history during the Han dynasty. - From
Emayzine - http://www.emayzine.com/lectures/notes%20on%20Han.htm
Chinese Architecture __ Overview of ancient Chinese architecture. Material on
the Forbidden City as well as other structures in China. - photos - From
ThinkQuest -
http://library.thinkquest.org/10098/china1.htm
Chinese Architecture __ Here you will find a series of click-to-view photos
of classic Chinese architecture. A good resource for adding images to reports
and homework. - illustrated - From University of Virginia -
http://www.web.virginia.edu/asianarc/public/directory.htm#china
Chinese Cultural Studies: A Brief Chinese Chronology __ Chronology of Chinese
history. 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. -
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/chron.html
Chinese Cultural Studies: Concise Political History of... __ History of ancient Chinese civilization, dynasty by dynasty. 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
Condensed China: Chinese History for Beginners __ While this overview of Chinese history includes the early 20th century, there is enough information about ancient China to make a visit worthwhile. - http://asterius.com/china/
Development of Mathematics in Ancient China __ "Chinese mathematics," was defined by Chinese in ancient times as the "art of calculation" (suan chu). - illustrated - From Asian Youth Sangha - http://saxakali.com/COLOR_ASP/chinamh1.htm
Dragons in Ancient China __ Find out about the history and myth of dragons in
ancient Chinese civilization. Many links - From Chinapage.com -
http://www.chinapage.com/dragon1.html
Female Hero: Empress Wu Zetian __ According to the Confucian beliefs having a
woman rule would be as unnatural as having a "hen crow like a rooster at
daybreak." During the glory years of the Tang dynasty a woman did rule, and
ruled well. - From women in World History Curriculum -
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine6.html
European Voyages of Exploration - The Ming Dynasty __ Ming Dynasty ships sailed to Sumatra, India, and Africa. - illustrated - From University of Calgary - http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/ming.html
The Forbidden City__ Contemporary photos of an ancient world. Tour the Forbidden City, Ming Tombs, and the Summer Palace. This website is part of the Discovery Channel School's Cities Through Time project. A photo essay tour. - http://www.stuebegreen.com/wonderland/photos/fc/pix0.html
Great Wall of China __ About the Great Wall of China. - photos and other illustrations, history, methods of construction - From TravelChinaGuide.com - http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/index.htm
History Timeline __ An outline of Chinese history with links to additional material for some of the entries. - From Chaos Group at the University of Maryland at College Park - http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/time_line.html
Kingdom of Chu __ Here is a collection of photos of artifacts from the ancient Kingdom of Chu. (2nd millenium B.C.) - From Images From History - http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/index.html
NOVA Online - Mysterious Mummies of China __ "The Takla Makan Mummies of China are a bit of a mystery and began appearing in the late 1980s." - Photos - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/chinamum/taklamakan.html
Origins of Chinese Writing __ "The earliest examples of Chinese writing date
to the late Shang period (ca. 1200 BC). These are the so-called Oracle Bone
Inscriptions which were found at the site of the last Shang capital near
present-day Anyang, Henan province." Follow the story from there in this
overview of writing history. - illustrated - From Logoi.com -
http://www.logoi.com/notes/chinese_origins.html
The Rise of Ancient China __ Good overview of the beginnings of ancient Chinese
civilization from about 5000 BCE. - By Frank E. Smitha -
http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch06.htm
Spiritual Beliefs in Ancient China __ Excellent overviews of Daoism, Confucianism and Buddhism. - illustrated - From the National Gallery of Australia - http://www.nga.gov.au/TTTsui/Beliefs/Index.cfm?ViewID=2
Ten Laments - Technology and Education in Ancient China __ This is a reading on education from 13th century China. It is about a teacher complaining about the learning habits of students. You will also find connections to more information about China. - From Logoi.com - http://www.logoi.com/notes/ten_laments.html
Treasures of Ancient China __ Article and images of terra cotta figures from the early imperial tombs. Learn why they are not excavating what may be the most important tomb of all. - illustrated - From National Geographic - http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2001/10/01/html/ft_20011001.3.html
Walk the Great Wall of China: A Black & White Odyssey __ Automated slide show
of scenes from the Great Wall. - illustrated - From Peterdanford.com -
http://www.walkthewall.com/
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