1. China – Origins and Historical Overview © Howard R. Spendelow Georgetown University 23 Jul 2013

2. Chinas topography

3. rainfall distribution

4. China-centered history

5. title

6. examples of oracle-bone writing (jiaguwen )

7. oracle bones

8. Standing Figure from Sanxingdui, Sichuan

9. Bronze Age excavation sites

10. Shang period

11. Shang period cultural sites

12. Zhou

14. title

15. Warring States, around the time of Confucius

16. Warring States

17. Qin

18. Han

19. Han and the Xiongnu, c. 135 BCE

20. Han and its boundaries

21. Three Kingdoms, 262

22. Eurasia, 565

23. East Asia during the Sui

24. Tang dynasty

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

26. early Tang empire

27. Silk Road – land and sea routes

28. title

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

30. title

31. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

32. Ming period provinces

33. title

34. Zheng Hes voyages

35. Zheng Hes routes and final destinations

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

37. Qilin by Shen Du, 1414

38. Qing Dynasty

39. Qing Expansion

40. (the end)

41. title