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Archaeology
Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a prehistoric civilization along the Silk Road in the Gansu province of northwestern China. According to China's state-run Xinhua news agency, the discovered settlement dates back between 3,600 and 4,100 years ago. Among the findings are ancient coins, tools, crops, and a copper-smelting mill.
"The mill is the earliest of its kind that has been unearthed," Zhang Liangren, a professor at Northwest University in Xi'an, told Xinhua. "It will be of great help for studies of the history of Chinese craftsmanship." As the Press Trust of India notes, the Silk Road was a vast, Eurasian trade route that began during the Han Dynasty about 2,000 years ago.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
More news out of China. This one with regards to a new discovery in their Gansu province of northwestern China. I've always wondered what other possible locations in the vast Eurasian Continent still hold secrets yet to be discovered.
Originally posted by kmb08753
reply to post by SLAYER69
Good find. Thank you.
"Copper-smelting"... 4000 years ago. Isn't that technology more modern? Another artful technology by the ancient Chinese. What a tragedy they did not continue to advance.
Originally posted by lonewolf19792000
I'm still waiting on the discovery of the first working ancient Chinese flushable toilet. I'm starting to think everything that ever was invented was made in China .
Originally posted by lonewolf19792000
reply to post by 727Sky
The Japanese came from Korean descent, not Chinese. Oddly enough the Koreans hate the Japanese with a passion because of the war and occupation. It even effects the Korean video game industry, depictions of Japanese Samurai or Ninjas in video games were made illegal. One could argue that Chinese and Koreans were once the same people ages ago I suppose since they are on the same continent and in a relatively same general area.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
reply to post by lonewolf19792000
I'll jump back in and recommend the following two readings with regards to the Japanese and Koreans.
For starters read about the Ainu people and the Jomon culture...