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Individualism & the greater good

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The Great Wall of China

The shang are dominant in central china for about seven centuries. But they lose control ofit around 700 years b c, and this is what eventually seems to initiate the period of the warring states. Chinshe whang gains total control, and that ends the period of war ing states. In that moment, he has become the first emperor. And the first syllable, or the first sound of his name, is chin. And it's chin that becomes china.

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