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The rise of civilization in China meant a gradual process of organizing disparate groups around a set of common beliefs, first by force, and then by
8 In the past sixty years, the research of social history in ancient China could be roughly divided into two stages Before 1980s, social history was mostly one
Ancient Chinese thinkers identified “ritual” (li ?) as another prime index of civilization (Creel 1970: 197), as in this famous statement by He Xiu ?? (ad
The change of dynasties in Chinese history was an oscillation of civilization effected by social elements interweaved with natural elements Since late Ming
After students have handed in their papers, debrief the activity by asking the following questions: • What factors led to the rise of Chinese civilization? •
This book originally published as Ancient China in 2004 China's long history is divided into dynas- rituals was divination, which often was
Ancient Chinese Mathematics (a very short summary) • Documented civilization in China from c 3000 BCE Un- could be divided by 7 to obtain 35