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The Xia Dynasty ruled from the 21st to 17th century BC. Its founder was Yu the Great.
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The Shang Dynasty ruled from the 17th century BC to 1046 BC. They ruled a lot of the area along the Yellow River. Its founder was Tang.
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The Zhou Dynasty ruled from 1046 to 256 BC. This was the longest ruling dynasty in China's history.
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The Western Zhou, the first part of the Zhou Dynasty ruled from 1046 to 771 BC. Its founder was King Wu.
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The Eastern Zhou, the second part of the Zhou Dynasty ruled from 770 to 256 BC.
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The 'Peking Man' that was discovered in 1923-1927 is the most famous Homo erectus specimen of Paleolithic man in ancient China.
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Chinese people have been using chopsticks as utensils for more than 4,000 years.
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The last Emperor of China became the ruler when he was only three years old. His name was Puyi.
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Emperors in China have often used the dragon as their symbol as it signifies strength, power and good luck.
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Ancient Chinese were the first people to drink tea and its use was often medicinal.
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The first known Chinese calendar was called the Oracle Bone Calendar, dating back to 1200 BC.
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The earliest writing example of human writing that has been found was a scroll that was unearthed by archaeologists in 1969 near Feng To in China. It is called 'The Ancient Chinese Secret'.
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The Great Wall of China was built during the Chang Dynasty. The Emperor at the time was Tsu.
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The three main Chinese religions include Buddhism, Daoism and Confucianism.
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Giant pandas are considered to be a symbol of bravery and clout and have existed in China for as long as three million years.
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The royal physicians of Ancient China were not permitted to touch the emperor. This was forbidden.
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Natural barriers protected Ancient China from being invaded. These natural barriers include the Himalayas, the Yellow Sea and the Chinese Sea.
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Many ancient Chinese people referred to rivers as 'The Great Sorrow', because of the fact that they would flood the area around them and cause great destruction.
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There were more than 100,000 rivers in Ancient China.
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Bamboo strips were used by writers as paper in Ancient China before paper itself was invented.
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The Chinese were responsible for the invention of paper and for the science of printing.
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It was Chinese astronomers who first spotted Halley's Comet, in 240 BC.
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