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Ancient China

China is one of the oldest civilizations in the world. The first historical records of Ancient China start around 2100 BCE. The period of Ancient China ends with the overthrow of the last dynasty in 1911 when the modern Republic of China was formed. This is the place for questions about all of Ancient China’s innovations in social organization, culture, literature, philosophy, politics and everyday living.

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What year did foot binding become illegal?

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Yes,it was outlawed in the early 90s

What is the ancient name of China?

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Ancient China.

How did ancient China cook?

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Chinese have used charcoal for cooking for hundreds of years.

Who discovered Ancient china?

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it was discovered 2000bc through 1600ad

What is the main characteristics of ancient China feudalism?

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ancient Chinese feudalism is when the peasants live on the kings land and give him crops in return for military protection

What was the population of ancient China?

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Ancient China had 13 dynasties, with recorded history of over 4,500 years. The population generally increased over time, but had some periods during which the number dropped. This may correspond to lack of agricultural land, or relocations due to internal conflicts.

One estimate for the population in 2200 BC (Xia Dynasty) is about 13.5 million. By 221 BC (start of the Qin Dynasty), this had grown to around 30 to 40 million. By around 2 AD, the estimate was 59.5 million. But then the total population declined or remained mostly unchanged for nearly 1000 years. During the early Northern Song Dynasty, it was only just above 60 million, but rose to 76.8 million in 1193 AD after the split between the Jin and the Southern Song dynasties. More than 60% of China's population lived in the southern half during this period.

Toward the end of the last dynasty in the late 1800's, China had a recorded population around 430 million people.

Where does the material to make silk fabric come from?

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Silkworms originate from China and live in Mulberry Bushes

What countries are in ancient China?

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The Ancient Near East is not a country, but a general area that often extends from what we now call the Middle East to Egypt. Here you'll find an introduction, links, and a picture to go with ancient countries and peoples around the Fertile Crescent.


How do the peopleevents and ideas that shaped ancient china continue to influence the world?

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people from ancient china, such as peasant farmers ect, has invented/made useful equipment that we still use today. And without those tools we would find it a bit harder to move things around, like wheel barrows ect.

Who wore silk in Ancient China?

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Silk was discovered in ancient China around 300 BC.

What group of people made up most of Chinese society?

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The Song Dynasty was the most important at the center of Chinese society.

How were women veiwed in ancient China?

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they were viewed as not important. they were way lower than men were followers of the men

What is the role of leisure in Ancient China?

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It depends on their work or duty time. Their duty/work time is important because the time that you have left from your work/duty time is your leisure or you time to relax and release your stress out.

What were homes in Ancient China made of?

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In Ancient China, during the period of Yang-Shao, people built houses of two types, one of just roos or grass or reeds over holes in the ground. Others were made of wood covered with clay. During Long-Shan period, people built houses with earth. Some houses, as archaeologists found out, had walls or fences surrounding them. House-making did not improve until the Shang, Zhou, Qin dynasties started. These were some of the periods when many new ideas came to China, there were many links to the western world (eg. Silk Road) and also, there were many wars among the city-states of China to rise to the throne, most of the wars happening in the Zhou, Qin and other dynasties.These wars did not end until the Mongols and Japanese captured China. Also, at this time, many thinkers like Confucius, Lao Zi and Han Fei lived. Kabir Shahriar

When did slavery in ancient china begin?

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It started a long time ago and continues today by many other names, most Chinese-made products were built by poorly payed workers in sweatshop conditions, virtually slaves.

What tools do ancient Chinese use?

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Hi there the main utensils used in China are chopsticks to eat with.A wooden stirer to stir the noodles and stir fry.The knife to cut and prepare their food.The untensil are very basic in china and they dont use much mre than above.

Why have archaeologists been unable to find many ancient Chinese edific?

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Most were built of wood, which did not survive time's ravages

How did ancient Chinese religion spread?

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In the Yuan Dynasty, Emperors, High Judges, Generals and other people of significance will write letters and give to messengers for delivery.

Also, China was the first to use beacons to alert the armies of enemy attacks, such as those on the Great Wall.

How did ancient china interact with other civilization?

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Yes, it certainly did. In fact, the current country called China is made up of pieces from encounters between the earliest identifiable Chinese (Han) people and other civilizations. For example, the "Great Wall" was built to protect China from the Mongol empire, but it didn't work and the Mongols promptly conquered much of China. These various ethnic groups are very visible in China today, and are a source of considerable concern to the Chinese leadership.