LibGuides: Ancient Civilizations: China

Neolithic

Journey Through Ancient China: From Neolithic to the Ming by Han Zhongmin; Hubert Delahaye; Wang Fangzi (Editor); Nebojsa Tomasevic (Editor)
ISBN: 9780831752255
Publication Date: 1985

China: Topic Page Since the 2d millennium B.C. a unique and fairly uniform culture has spread over almost all of China.

Yangtze River (China): Topic Page Longest river of China and Asia, and third longest in the world, flowing about 6,300 km/3,900 mi from Qinghai on the Tibetan Plateau to the Yellow Sea. It is a major commercial waterway and, with its tributaries, is navigable for 30,000 km/18,640 mi; Yichang is considered the head of navigation, but ocean-going vessels can reach inland as far as Wuhan.
Great Wall of China: Topic Page Fortifications, c.1,500 mi (2,400 km) long, winding across N China from Gansu prov. to Hebei prov. on the Yellow Sea.

Chinese Dynasties pre-1000 CE From Chambers Dictionary of World History Shang Dynasty (1766–1122 BC);Zhou (Chou) Dynasty (1122/1066–256 BC); Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty (221–206 BC);Han Dynasties (206 BC–AD 220); Jin (Chin/Tsin) Dynasty (AD 266–317); Sui Dynasty (581–618); Tang Dynasty (618–907); Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period (907–60)
Warring States Period (BCE 403 - 221) From Greenwood Encyclopedia of International Relations The second half of the Eastern Zhou dynastic period witnessed emergence of about 170 city-states in north central China, ultimately reduced by war, conquest, and merger to fewer than ten, and then to one: Qin, which began the classical period of Imperial China.