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The Rise and Fall of China’s First States
Tides of History
The Origins of China's State Level Society
Sigtes on the lower middle and upper yangs from near to day's shanghai all the way to the sishwan basin were far larger than what we see today. It was only later, with the arlitu culture and the legendary jia that china's central plains on the middle yellow river actually became a more valuable home for states. The features that seemed to define late long shan culture weren't only present in the central plains along themiddle yellow river. These features only coalesced into what we think of as the precursors of the later chinese state in that spot wasn't a given of geography or destiny. They were instead a product of massive uphe
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