ancient China
Far Eastern antiquity
Ancient China refers to Chinese civilization from its earliest recorded history through roughly the end of the Han dynasty (around 220 CE), though the term sometimes extends to later imperial periods.
It encompasses the development of writing, philosophy, centralized government, and technologies like silk and paper: Ancient China gave us Confucianism and the Great Wall.
The phrase appears most often in educational contexts.
- Warring States periodEra of Chinese disunity
- Han dynastyMajor ancient Chinese empire
- gunpowderCombustible propellant mixture
- ConfucianismChinese ethical philosophy
- Shang dynastyEarly Chinese ruling era
bronze casting · Terracotta Army · oracle bones · ancestor worship · Loess Plateau · rice paddies · filial piety · dragon throne · I Ching · yin yang · compass · Silk Road · paper money · astronomy · civil service exams · village life · folk tales · social hierarchy
- historypast events, historian, epochs, era, epoch
- civilizationempires, empire, civilizations, dynasty, kingdoms
- history educationhistorian, history textbooks, textbook, history teachers, primary source
- Ancient ChinaShang dynasty, Han dynasty, Confucius, Warring States period, oracle bones
- Asian historyempresses, shoguns, Chinese civilization, Laozi, East Asia
- Asian studiesKorean language, Chinese history, Japanese history, Asian history, Japanese literature
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ancient Greece · ancient Egypt · classical antiquity · Western civilization · ancient Mesopotamia