The Rise and Fall of China’s First States
Tides of History
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Social Difference in China's Late Neolithic
Social differentiation increased dramatically in late neolithic china. Burials the most obvious aspect of this. Some settlements had walls and monumental buildings, while others stayed small hamlets or villages. The simplest explanation for this practice is human sacrifice,. We know that this was happening a thousand years later when it was documented in writing in the shang dynasty.
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