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Ancient China
Chinese civilisation did not spring from one river or one people: it grew out of many regional cultures, then was bound together by bronze, writing, an idea of heavenly approval and, finally, a ruthless first empire. This topic runs from the Neolithic to the fall of the Qin in 206 BCE.
In this topic
- Many cultures, two great rivers
- The Xia question and the Shang
- Kings, ancestors and Fu Hao
- Worked example: reading an oracle bone
- The Zhou and the Mandate of Heaven
- From Spring and Autumn to Warring States
- Confucius and his followers
- Daoism and Legalism
- Worked example: why did Qin win?
- The First Emperor
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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