Columbia University
The Song Dynasty in China (960 1279)
A look at the Song Dynasty that answers the question: "Does modernity begin with the Song dynasty?" Author discusses economic growth, commercialization, urbanization, and intellectual life while studying a 12th-century scroll.
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Oracle Bone Inscription
This site from Logoi.com contains great information on the origins of Chinese writing. It covers such topics as: oracle bones, bronze inscriptions, and the beginnings of modern writing. This site is a great site to check out on the subject.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North China, 1971
" North China includes the densely populated and intensively cultivated North China Plain, the loess-covered uplands of Shansi, northern Shensi, and eastern Kansu, and the sparsely populated, semiarid steppes of Inner Mongolia....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Northeast China, 1971
"Northeast China - the provinces of Heilungkiang, Kirin, and Liaoning - is the most important region of the country and a nationally significant and still-developing center of agricultural production. Most of the Northeast remained...