Ancient China

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Ancient China

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Where is China?

• China is located in Asia

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Great Wall Of China

• The Great Wall of China is a series of
  fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped
  earth, wood, and other materials, generally built
  along an east-to-west line across the historical
  northern borders of China in part to protect the
  Chinese Empire or its prototypical states against
  intrusions by various nomadic groups or military
  incursions by various warlike peoples or forces.
  Several walls were being built as early as the
  7th century BC these, later joined together and
  made bigger, stronger, and unified are now
  collectively referred to as the Great Wall.

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Religion

• The ancient Chinese are said to have three
  doctrines Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism,
  with Christianity and Islam arriving only in the
  7th century A.D. Laozi, according to tradition,
  was the 6th century B.C. Chinese philosopher who
  wrote the Tao Te Ching of Taoism. Confucius
  (551-479) taught morality. His philosophy became
  important during the Han Dynasty (206
  B.C.-A.D.220). Herbert A Giles (1845-1935), a
  British sinologist who modified the Roman version
  of Chinese characters, says although it is often
  counted as a religion of China, Confucianism is
  not a religion, but a system of social and
  political morality. The Indian emperor Ashoka
  sent Buddhist missionaries to China in the third
  century B.C.

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Culture

• Ancient Chinese culture has made many
  contributions to the field of science. The
  ancient Chinese were responsible for four major
  inventions, namely, compass, gunpowder, paper and
  printing. The world's oldest record of
  continuously used writing systems is Written
  Chinese. In fact, many of the Chinese characters
  that are used currently have been traced back to
  about 1500 BCE.

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