Does China Really Have a 5,000-Year-Old History?

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History Unplugged

History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2017

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Few will dispute that China has one of the most ancient cultures on earth, but is there any truth to the claim—made by many residents of China—that there is a 5,000-year-long line of continuity in its culture? Would an inhabitant of present-day China...

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