1. Origins and Historical Overview
China –
Origins and Historical Overview
© Howard R. Spendelow
Georgetown University
03 Sep 2019

2. “Pale Blue Dot”, Voyager 1, 14 Feb 1990, 37. billion miles from Earth

3. Photo credit: William Anders (Apollo 8), 24 December 1968
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Photo credit: William Anders (Apollo 8), 24 December 1968

4. http://anthro. palomar. edu/homo/images/map_of_erectus_sites
extent of Homo Erectus

5. http://upload. wikimedia
Human Family Tree

6. China’s topography

7. rainfall distribution

8. China-centered history

9. Timeline from Fairbank & Reischauer, East Asia: Tradition and Transformation (endpaper)
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10. examples of oracle-bone writing (jiaguwen 甲骨文)

11. oracle bones

12. Standing Figure from Sanxingdui, Sichuan

13. Bronze Age excavation sites

14.
Shang period

15. Shang period cultural sites

16.
Zhou

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19. Warring States, around the time of Confucius
Shaughnessy, ed., China: Empire and Civilization, 2000, p. 27
Warring States, around the time of Confucius

20.
Warring States 戰國

21. Qin 秦

22.
Han

23. Han and the Xiongnu, c. 135 BCE
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24.
Han and its boundaries

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Three Kingdoms, 262

26. http://upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Asia_565ad
Eurasia, 565

27. East Asia during the Sui
East Asia during the Sui

28.
Tang dynasty

29. Tang, Tibet, & Central Asia – c. 700 CE
Tang, Tibet, & Central Asia – c. 700 CE

30.
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early Tang empire

31. Silk Road – land and sea routes
12 Oct 2005
Silk Road – land and sea routes

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33. China as part of the Mongol Empire, late 12th cent. CE
China as part of the Mongol Empire, late 12th cent. CE

34. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/maps/mongols2map.jpg 22Jun2006
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35.
Ming Dynasty ( )

36. Dardess, John. Ming China, 1368-1644: A Concise History of a Resilient Empire, p. viii
Ming period provinces

37. http://www. columbia. edu/itc/sipa/zelin/images/904_detail_map_ming
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38.
Zheng He’s voyages

39. Zheng He’s routes and final destinations

40. Jan Adkins’ 1993 comparative sketch (China/Columbus’ Santa Maria)
Jan Adkins’ 1993 comparative sketch (China/Columbus’ Santa Maria)

41.
Qing Dynasty

42.
Qing Expansion

43. HRS photos, May/June 2015
Bling Dynasty

44. 劇終 (the end)

45. Various sources; original in National Palace Museum, Taipei
”Qilin” by Shen Du, 1414

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