Ancient China
A gap in the curriculum
Ancient China
ScopeBroad enough for its own sub-branch
AfterWho We Are and How We Got Here
Leads toImperial China
Lineage11 books back to the Big Bang
I do not know much about ancient China, including its original settlement and the formation of its earliest states. The genetic history I have read does not cover it in as much detail as I can remember. I would like to understand that foundation so I can better understand how the rest of Chinese history evolved.
Claude’s take
One of the oldest continuous civilizations on Earth, and the tree has nothing east of India in antiquity.
Candidate reading
- Early China: A Social and Cultural History — Li Feng
- The Cambridge History of Ancient China