1. China – Origins and Historical Overview © Howard R. Spendelow Georgetown University 11 Jul 2007

2. (backlash to) impact on U.S. domestic economy…

3. concerns about product-safety

4. The new Chinese diaspora…

5. Overview of the Problem

6. title

7. Chinas topography

8. rainfall distribution

9. extent of loess deposits

10. yin/yang with trigrams ( )

11. flag of the Republic of Korea

12. Wei River (Shaanxi) filled with loess

13. terracing with loess

14. residential loess caves

15. title

16. examples of oracle-bone writing (jiaguwen )

17. Standing Figure from Sanxingdui, Sichuan

18. Bronze Age excavation sites

19. Shang period

20. Zhou

21. expansion from Shang to Qin

22. Han

23. Han and its boundaries

24. Divisions in the Northern & Southern Courts (5 th cent. CE)

25. Tang dynasty

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

27. Silk Road – land and sea routes

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

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30. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

31. title

32. Zheng Hes voyages

33. Zheng Hes routes and final destinations

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

35. Qilin by Shen Du, 1414

36. Qing Dynasty

37. Qing Expansion

38. (the end)

39. title