The Origins of Civilisation
The Ancients
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The Golden Age of Chinese Civilization
During the third millennium b c or so, right on the cusp of the bronze age, in that part of the world, we see royal cap cities beginning to emerge. The amount of wealth that's buried in these graves is astonishing. We have whole chariots with oxen or horses. In some cases, the chariot drivers themselves also sacrificed to accompany the individual into the after life. So similar to what we saw at ore this same kind of material wealth that's being buried, and also human sacrifice that’s being buried as well.
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