GEOG215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Southeast Asia, Yin And Yang, Taoism
15 Jun 2015
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Banpo archaeological site discovered in 9153 and located in the yellow river valley just east of xi"an, dating back to ca. Sima qian: a chinese historian of the han dynasty. Erlitou archaeological site in henan, a capital city of the xia empire, ruled by yellow emperor, the founding ancestor of all chinese. 2000-150 bc, no writing on the site to confirm this. Longshan site in shangdong dating back to 3000 bc. Shang, the 1st recorded dynasty, china"s imperial civilization began in frontier china. Qin, a centralized state, the people and culture of northern china, conquered the central and southern regions of china proper. Han people of han, moved into further south and west than previous dynasties. Qin, 221-206bc = 1st unified dynasty, strong central government, the great wall. Han, 202bc-220ad - confucianism adopted, great expansion, silk trade, buddhism to china, north-south shift. Tang, 618-907 - prosperity, invention (first printed book), poetry.
