Ancient China: History, Dynasties & Inventions

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China today is a country of many controversies. Its industry is booming, but it’s a socialist state. The communist party is the undisputed ruler of the entire nation, with many Orwellian features in its dictatorship. Even Chinese society seems to be rather collectivistic in nature. With the centralized economy, a strong people’s army, and a clear leftist ideology, China today is without a doubt a communist country, which, unlike most of its predecessors, seems to be functioning and here to stay. But despite all that, there is a resemblance between this modern People’s Republic and Imperial China of the past, as the same blood of the red dragon flows through its veins. And though ideology has changed quite substantially, it looks like the philosophy behind it remained the same. So, to understand present-day China, its politics, society, and culture in general, we have to go back to the beginnings of the Chinese civilization.

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[jerryjares]

This is a visual treasure. I had no idea the Chinese were such ancient peoples. This video emphasizes the cultural, religious, and economic improvements the Chinese created for themselves while they were isolated from the world. However, your book studies tend to emphasize the wars of the people who became the Chinese nation.

[willzncube]

Ancient China, Egypt and Greece so fascinating.

[Im_Just_Saying_]

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"The Chinese written language remains the..."
That's the Japanese writing system being shown on the video.

[Haze-ec]

Thanks so much! It helped me a LOT in a studies test

[regretfulmood]

Thanks! I really needed this for my history homework, do you make geography videos? This really helped!

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Lu Bu got too powerful. This enraged Cao Cao, who punished him severely.

[anabellebrower]

i have a social studies test tomorrow all about Ancient China so thank you for this

[Imi]

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[phrog]

I absolutely love this, it’s a treasure

[ayishahaneef]

This is very useful for me.because i have a class timorrow about this.I am thanking you a lot 😀

[chidimmarita]

All the way from the department of history and international studies, Omo E no easy

[Defnetlynotken]

Finally finished writing everything you said took about 4 hours and a half

[HVLLOWS]

Ancient 🇨🇳 Is awesome.
Can you do a video on the Medieval China from the Sui & Tang Dynasty through the Ming. That would be dope! The Tang golden age deserves more attention.

[mohamedmohamed-kcyb]

Ancient Rome: Where ‘CrossFit’ was called ‘fighting for your life in the Colosseum.’

[winglaileung]

The story starts years ago, 10000 years of ricegrowing culture, more than 5000 years of relics unearthed. 夏商周with oracles language , copper containers and
lots of wonderful jades.

[zhongzhichaowan]

the descriptions are good but many pictures in tgis video do not correctly correspond to the thing described

[karenn]

Cacao (曹操) is not the one who forced the last emperor of Han Dynasty (汉献帝) to abdicate, instead it's his son Cao Pi (曹丕)

[evapaparisteidou]

You talk about Cheng Tang, the first ruler of the Shang dynasty, and show images from the Tang dynasty (618-807). Quite a mess!!!

[benzhang]

It’s a great history lesson about China! The historic fact mixed with ancient mythology. Actually, Chinese people learn history this way too. Thank you!

[evapaparisteidou]

It was not Zhu or Shu dynasty but the Zhou (ow) dynasty.