History of China

History of China China has a history that spans some 3,500 years. It is perhaps one of the oldest most "great-aged" human civilizations ever recorded. 3,500 years of history is quite vast and many historians divide Chinese periods of political transformation and civil unrest's into 3 categories: The imperial (Dynasty) era, onto the transition of the republican period, and onto the current communist stage of Chinese history. For the sake of simplicity, I will cover the period leading …

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