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Saturday, February 7, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello once again. Today, we'll be posting about the civilisation of ancient China.

China Civilization

Chinese civilization was originally from the many city-states along the famous Yellow River valley, which was in the Neolithic era.
The long written great history of China begins with the Shang Dynasty which started in ca. 1600 BC – ca. 1100 BC. The ancient Chinese writing from the Shang Dynasty which was on turtle shells have been already carbon dated to as early as 1500 BC. As it develops through the years, the origins of Chinese culture, literature and philosophy was slowly developed from the late Shang Dynasty to the early Zhou (1122 BC – 256 BC). From ancient to modern, the longest lasting dynasty. Written script evolved from ancient oracle script to the beginnings of modern Chinese writing.
The feudal Zhou Dynasty eventually broke apart into individual city states, creating the Warring States period. In 221 BC, Qin Shi Huangdi united the various warring kingdoms and created the first Chinese empire. Successive dynasties in Chinese history developed bureaucratic systems that enabled the Emperor of China to directly control the vast territories.
The conventional view of Chinese history is that of a country alternating between periods of political unity and disunity and occasionally becoming dominated by foreign peoples, most of whom were assimilated into the Han Chinese population. Cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia, carried by successive waves of immigration, expansion, and assimilation, merged to create modern Chinese culture.

That was the civilisation of ancient China. Hope it was informative to you.