Countries as large as China couldn’t possibly be said to have simple histories. You can’t look into China’s past and see one continuously evolving civilisation – even the succession of dynasties memorised by every Chinese Primary School student lists only the highlights. Go back a thousand years or two and there are little kingdoms everywhere existing at the same time each struggling for dominance. As they fell their unique qualities were lost or blended into the culture of their conquerors ...
Countries as large as China couldn’t possibly be said to have simple histories. You can’t look into China’s past and see one continuously evolving civilisation – even the succession of dynasties memorised by every Chinese Primary School student lists only the highlights. Go back a thousand years or two and there are little kingdoms everywhere existing at the same time each struggling for dominance. As they fell their unique qualities were lost or blended into the culture of their conquerors ...
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