China - Yellow River Valley
“Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.” Chinese Proverb
Chinese society has gone through 5 major stages - Primitive Society, Slave Society, Feudal Society, Semi-feudal & Semi-colonial Society & Socialist Society. The rise & fall of the great dynasties forms a thread that runs through Chinese history & goes back some 5,000 years. Today China has much influence on the rest of the world & is an important country for the rest of the world to understand.
English words are made up of a collection of letters that each has its own sound. The Chinese use logograms or idiograms - where a symbol represents a meaning or a word. The writing is called calligraphy.
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Internet Resources for Ancient China
Great Wall of China
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