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A 13th-Century Traveler to China Comes to Light __ "China was in the 13th century probably the wealthiest and most advanced country in the world, with the biggest cities, the greatest shipping, the best doctors and the most sophisticated technology." - http://www.emayzine.com/lectures/china%2Dmanuscript.html

Ancient China - Ancient Chinese Civilization __ History and culture of ancient Chinese civilization designed with the younger student in mind. - illustrated, history - From Ms. Croft-Crossland's Standard World History - http://home.cfl.rr.com/crossland/AncientCivilizations/Ancient_China/ancient_china.html

Ancient China __ Timeline with brief history notes - From Crystalinks - http://www.crystalinks.com/china.html

Ancient China Daily Life __ Daily life in four Chinese dynasties - illustrated - http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Chinalife.html

Ancient China: The Great Unification: The Chin, 256-206 BC __ "Discover the Empire of the Ch'in and China's first great unification. This dynasty is sometimes called 'Qin.' - From Washington State University - http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHEMPIRE/CHIN.HTM

Ancient China: Shang & Tang Bronzes __ Overview and images of bronzes from China's Bronze Age - illustrated - From Werner Schmidlin - http://www.users.bigpond.com/wernerschmidlin/ancientchina.html

Ancient Chinese Archaeology and Artifacts __ General website about ancient Chinese civilization - illustrated - From Crystalinks - http://www.crystalinks.com/chinartifacts.html

China __"Fashion, art, dynasties, inventions, and games in ancient Chinese civilization are all featured here." - From ThinkQuest - http://library.thinkquest.org/11576/chincont.html

China: Ch'in and Han __ About the first unification of China by the Ch'in dynasty, from which China takes its name. "But the Chinese Empire itself, which Ch'in created, would last for more than 2000 years, the longest-lived political institution in world history." - From Emayzine - http://www.emayzine.com/lectures/chinhan.htm

China: Han __ Outline of Chinese history during the Han dynasty. - From Emayzine - http://www.emayzine.com/lectures/notes%20on%20Han.htm
Chinese Architecture __ Overview of ancient Chinese architecture. Material on the Forbidden City as well as other structures in China. - photos - From ThinkQuest - http://library.thinkquest.org/10098/china1.htm

Chinese Architecture __ Here you will find a series of click-to-view photos of classic Chinese architecture. A good resource for adding images to reports and homework. - illustrated - From University of Virginia - http://www.web.virginia.edu/asianarc/public/directory.htm#china
 
Chinese Cultural Studies: A Brief Chinese Chronology __ Chronology of Chinese history. As you scroll down the page you will find not only a chronological outline but comparisons to what is happening in the rest of the world. - http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/chron.html

Chinese Cultural Studies: Concise Political History of... __ History of ancient Chinese civilization, dynasty by dynasty. From 600,000 BCE to the end of dynastic China in the 20th century - From City University of New York - http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/chinhist.html

Condensed China: Chinese History for Beginners __ While this overview of Chinese history includes the early 20th century, there is enough information about ancient China to make a visit worthwhile. - http://asterius.com/china/

Development of Mathematics in Ancient China __ "Chinese mathematics," was defined by Chinese in ancient times as the "art of calculation" (suan chu). - illustrated - From Asian Youth Sangha - http://saxakali.com/COLOR_ASP/chinamh1.htm

Dragons in Ancient China __ Find out about the history and myth of dragons in ancient Chinese civilization. Many links - From Chinapage.com - http://www.chinapage.com/dragon1.html 

Female Hero: Empress Wu Zetian __ According to the Confucian beliefs having a woman rule would be as unnatural as having a "hen crow like a rooster at daybreak." During the glory years of the Tang dynasty a woman did rule, and ruled well. - From women in World History Curriculum - http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/heroine6.html

European Voyages of Exploration - The Ming Dynasty __ Ming Dynasty ships sailed to Sumatra, India, and Africa. - illustrated - From University of Calgary - http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/ming.html

The Forbidden City__ Contemporary photos of an ancient world. Tour the Forbidden City, Ming Tombs, and the Summer Palace. This website is part of the Discovery Channel School's Cities Through Time project. A photo essay tour. - http://www.stuebegreen.com/wonderland/photos/fc/pix0.html

Great Wall of China __ About the Great Wall of China. - photos and other illustrations, history, methods of construction - From TravelChinaGuide.com - http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/index.htm

History Timeline __ An outline of Chinese history with links to additional material for some of the entries. - From Chaos Group at the University of Maryland at College Park - http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/time_line.html

Kingdom of Chu __ Here is a collection of photos of artifacts from the ancient Kingdom of Chu. (2nd millenium B.C.) - From Images From History - http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/index.html

NOVA Online - Mysterious Mummies of China __ "The Takla Makan Mummies of China are a bit of a mystery and began appearing in the late 1980s." - Photos - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/chinamum/taklamakan.html

Origins of Chinese Writing __ "The earliest examples of Chinese writing date to the late Shang period (ca. 1200 BC). These are the so-called Oracle Bone Inscriptions which were found at the site of the last Shang capital near present-day Anyang, Henan province." Follow the story from there in this overview of writing history. - illustrated - From Logoi.com - http://www.logoi.com/notes/chinese_origins.html
 
The Rise of Ancient China __ Good overview of the beginnings of ancient Chinese civilization from about 5000 BCE. - By Frank E. Smitha - http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch06.htm

Spiritual Beliefs in Ancient China __ Excellent overviews of Daoism, Confucianism and Buddhism. - illustrated - From the National Gallery of Australia - http://www.nga.gov.au/TTTsui/Beliefs/Index.cfm?ViewID=2

Ten Laments - Technology and Education in Ancient China __ This is a reading on education from 13th century China. It is about a teacher complaining about the learning habits of students. You will also find connections to more information about China. - From Logoi.com - http://www.logoi.com/notes/ten_laments.html

Treasures of Ancient China __ Article and images of terra cotta figures from the early imperial tombs. Learn why they are not excavating what may be the most important tomb of all. - illustrated - From National Geographic - http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2001/10/01/html/ft_20011001.3.html

Walk the Great Wall of China: A Black & White Odyssey __ Automated slide show of scenes from the Great Wall. - illustrated - From Peterdanford.com - http://www.walkthewall.com/ 

 

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