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History Of Ancient China | Dynasties, Confucius, And The First Emperor

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This is China. It's big. Most of your stuff probably comes from there and they have a solar farm shaped like a Panda. But most interestingly China is old. For as long as people have been talking about history there has been a China to point to. So how did China become the world's oldest continuous civilsation. What's a dynasty, who's Confucius, and is it ever ok bury people alive. Well. Let's find out.

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China - John Keay

Max Weber, Hans H. Gerth (transl.) - The Religion of China_ Confucianism and Taoism

John King Fairbank, Merle Goldman - China_ A New History-The Belknap Press (2006)

Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Kwang-ching Liu - The Cambridge Illustrated History of China-Cambridge University Press (1999)

M.Loewe , E.L.Shaughnessy - The Cambridge History of Ancient China-Cambridge University Press (1999)

Confucius - The Analects

Lee Dian Rainey - Confucius and Confucianism_ The Essentials (2010)

Xinzhong Yao - An Introduction to Confucianism

Berthron - Confucianism_ A Short Introduction

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#China #AncientChina #ChineseHistory #Confucius

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China It'sPanda ButWell Let'sOr RedditThe ReligionChina ConfucianismThe Cambridge Illustrated HistoryChina-Cambridge University Press

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