Ancient China: History, Dynasties & Inventions

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China today is a country of many controversies. Its industry is booming, but it’s a socialist state. The communist party is the undisputed ruler of the entire nation, with many Orwellian features in its dictatorship. Even Chinese society seems to be rather collectivistic in nature. With the centralized economy, a strong people’s army, and a clear leftist ideology, China today is without a doubt a communist country, which, unlike most of its predecessors, seems to be functioning and here to stay. But despite all that, there is a resemblance between this modern People’s Republic and Imperial China of the past, as the same blood of the red dragon flows through its veins. And though ideology has changed quite substantially, it looks like the philosophy behind it remained the same. So, to understand present-day China, its politics, society, and culture in general, we have to go back to the beginnings of the Chinese civilization.
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  • @justacomment2989
    @justacomment29893 жыл бұрын

    10:18 "The Chinese written language remains the..." That's the Japanese writing system being shown on the video.

  • @MsLawTeacher

    @MsLawTeacher

    3 жыл бұрын

    I noticed that as well. It has hiragana and kanji.

  • @user-xh6fy9tn7h

    @user-xh6fy9tn7h

    3 жыл бұрын

    What is the real written language for China called?

  • @smughatkid7224

    @smughatkid7224

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@user-xh6fy9tn7h hanzi

  • @PunmasterSTP

    @PunmasterSTP

    6 күн бұрын

    Yeah, the stock footage in these videos doesn't always line up. For instance, I just saw ancient Phoenicians fighting pirates with pistols 😃

  • @justacomment2989

    @justacomment2989

    2 күн бұрын

    @@user-xh6fy9tn7h Hànzi

  • @jerryjares5389
    @jerryjares53894 жыл бұрын

    This is a visual treasure. I had no idea the Chinese were such ancient peoples. This video emphasizes the cultural, religious, and economic improvements the Chinese created for themselves while they were isolated from the world. However, your book studies tend to emphasize the wars of the people who became the Chinese nation.

  • @vermajigar9759

    @vermajigar9759

    2 жыл бұрын

    ASIA WAS ALWAYS ADVANCE THAN WEST, INDIA WAS GEM OF ASIA...

  • @ThrillaWhale

    @ThrillaWhale

    10 ай бұрын

    @@vermajigar9759Lol, yeah. “Was”. Past tense. Unfortunately for you we live in the present buddy.

  • @willzncube4386
    @willzncube43862 жыл бұрын

    Ancient China,Egypt and Greece so fascinating.

  • @theisheep2676

    @theisheep2676

    2 жыл бұрын

    And Ancient India

  • @beamazed1162

    @beamazed1162

    10 ай бұрын

    Ancient ,Egypt and Greece so fake,There are very few bronzes and most of them are sculptures. In addition, Ancient India was influenced by Chinese civilization, and it does exist

  • @bhanupratap1063

    @bhanupratap1063

    14 күн бұрын

    ​@@beamazed1162Which Influence ?

  • @user-yk4pm5fp8u
    @user-yk4pm5fp8u6 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much! It helped me a LOT in a studies test

  • @trixzle0994
    @trixzle09943 жыл бұрын

    This needs way more views

  • @EXASPERAT10N
    @EXASPERAT10N3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I really needed this for my history homework, do you make geography videos? This really helped!

  • @Zaaqui_

    @Zaaqui_

    Жыл бұрын

    i eso ami q monda me importa

  • @irinashuma4865
    @irinashuma48653 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot for your video!😊

  • @abdulmoeezkhanvlogs2886

    @abdulmoeezkhanvlogs2886

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @mws1154
    @mws11542 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the lesson.

  • @jzchannel6201
    @jzchannel62014 жыл бұрын

    China has really beautiful history

  • @pizzaisyummy1004

    @pizzaisyummy1004

    3 жыл бұрын

    MARIA FLORES JAIME tf does that mean at the end?

  • @gidgids

    @gidgids

    2 жыл бұрын

    Especially in 1989

  • @Zaaqui_

    @Zaaqui_

    Жыл бұрын

    ñññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññ

  • @anabellebrower7873
    @anabellebrower78733 жыл бұрын

    i have a social studies test tomorrow all about Ancient China so thank you for this

  • @totnotizaa

    @totnotizaa

    3 жыл бұрын

    Samee

  • @suleimansghk

    @suleimansghk

    3 жыл бұрын

    same

  • @phrog2785
    @phrog27852 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love this, it’s a treasure

  • @ArvindKumar-er6rc
    @ArvindKumar-er6rc2 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing history

  • @ohidulislam4902
    @ohidulislam49023 жыл бұрын

    Nice video

  • @Imi52817
    @Imi528172 жыл бұрын

    I LITTERLY HAVE EXAM TOMORROW THANK U SO MUCH FOR HELPINGG

  • @PunmasterSTP

    @PunmasterSTP

    6 күн бұрын

    How'd your exam go?

  • @chillingwithrich7675
    @chillingwithrich76752 жыл бұрын

    Nice 👌

  • @user-cu4bp3fj8o
    @user-cu4bp3fj8o4 ай бұрын

    the descriptions are good but many pictures in tgis video do not correctly correspond to the thing described

  • @ayishahaneef373
    @ayishahaneef3732 жыл бұрын

    This is very useful for me.because i have a class timorrow about this.I am thanking you a lot 😀

  • @Zaaqui_

    @Zaaqui_

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @PunmasterSTP

    @PunmasterSTP

    6 күн бұрын

    How'd your class go?

  • @user-fo2uh4rm5c
    @user-fo2uh4rm5c2 ай бұрын

    The story starts 2000000 years ago, 10000 years of ricegrowing culture, more than 5000 years of relics unearthed. 夏商周with oracles language , copper containers and lots of wonderful jades.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache4 жыл бұрын

    Lu Bu got too powerful. This enraged Cao Cao, who punished him severely.

  • @HVLLOWS1999

    @HVLLOWS1999

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lu Bu was killed because he betrayed everyone he ever worked with eventhough he was a great warrior and general. Cao Cao had him executed once Lu Bu offered to join him. To rid the world of a his disloyalty despite his military prowess.

  • @t-rex7835

    @t-rex7835

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@HVLLOWS1999 more likes cao cao ni ma

  • @bukanzai3579

    @bukanzai3579

    3 жыл бұрын

    You here too???!!

  • @tommyma941

    @tommyma941

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lv Bu

  • @liamsomeone6333

    @liamsomeone6333

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@t-rex7835 😂

  • @HVLLOWS1999
    @HVLLOWS19994 жыл бұрын

    Ancient 🇨🇳 Is awesome. Can you do a video on the Medieval China from the Sui & Tang Dynasty through the Ming. That would be dope! The Tang golden age deserves more attention.

  • @CaptivatingHistory

    @CaptivatingHistory

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your comment, we can't promise we will but we will take it into consideration!

  • @HVLLOWS1999

    @HVLLOWS1999

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@CaptivatingHistory Cool. No pressure, I'll take what I get I love it all.

  • @jgordon9022

    @jgordon9022

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@HVLLOWS1999 If you are interested in these two dynasties I recommend you checking out the northwestern aristocracy also known as GuanLong aristocracy of the Ancient China. It is the most powerful political group in Ancient China(and perhaps the world) that controlled the highs and lows of dynasties and remains in power for nearly a thousand years. Both dynasties that ruled Sui & Tang were born of these groups and also plagued by its influential existence. Their most distinct quality is they all are mix breed of the native Han Chinese and the invading minorities that took advantage of a weakened China since the Han dynasty. (If you think about it it is actually quite like game of thrones, the invading Targaryans took over Westeros and the native houses had to cling to them despite the hatred ) It is also the defining reason why the Tang Dynasty of China is such a progressive and open state as they themselves are also only half-breed Han Chinese. (It would have been the same for Sui if it hasn't been so short) The famous historical novel of the Three Kingdoms (which is also very much like Game of Thrones btw) is actually a romanticized depiction of these nobilities' struggle of power and partially the reason how the GuanLong aristocracy have come to gain power. However this is like really insider stuff, there were no official record that identifies them by this common name, nor was their importance discovered until very recently. It is like an Ancient illuminati group getting its insides shown to the world, really exciting stuff.

  • @Hoo88846

    @Hoo88846

    Жыл бұрын

    Here is a list of Chinese dynasties before I recommend some dramas based on different dynasties: Xia, Shang (Oracle Bones Scripts), Zhou (Western and Eastern Zhou), Spring-Autumn Period (where the Hundred Schools of Thoughts appeared, and Confucius and Lao Tzu, who founded Confucianism and Daoism, lived), Warring State Period (where seven kingdoms Qi, Chu, Han, Yan, Zhao, Wei, Qin fought for supremacy after the collapse of Zhou Dynasty), Qin (reunification and building of the Great Wall), Han (first golden age where Han Chinese character Hanzi and Han Chinese, the largest ethnic group in the world, got their name; opening of the Silk Road), Three Kingdoms (Northern Wei, Western Shu, Eastern Wu), Tang (where Japanese sent the most envoys to copy the Tang culture wholesale; second golden age), Song, Yuan (Mongol-ruled), Ming (Korean culture based a lot on this dynasty), Qing (Manchu-ruled). “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”, one of the four Chinese classics with the setting in the Three Kingdoms Period after Han Dynasty. “Virtuous Queen of Han” on the life of Wei Zifu, the Queen consort of Han Wudi, or Martial Emperor of Han Dynasty who opened the Silk Road and traded with the Roman Empire. “Legend of Chinese Empress” on the life of the only empress of China, Wu Zetian, in the Tang Dynasty. “Judge of Song Dynasty” on the life and work of Song Ci 宋慈, who wrote the world’s first forensic science book called Washing Away of Wrongs 洗冤录。 Also check out a documentary called “Daming Palace and Tang Dynasty”. They briefly mentioned about the Japanese envoys kentoushi 遣唐使。 History Channel did a series called Ancient Discoveries. Six episodes were devoted exclusively to Chinese inventions, which make up a long list. CCTV-6 China movie channel features a lot of Chinese historical dramas and documentaries. All of them on KZread. Enjoy. ❤

  • @user-zt5ox8zz6e
    @user-zt5ox8zz6e10 ай бұрын

    Awesome

  • @carriechauhan3700
    @carriechauhan3700 Жыл бұрын

    thsi video is good

  • @rogeliohuepalcalco4441
    @rogeliohuepalcalco44413 жыл бұрын

    Every dynasty: upgrades*

  • @ka1renn___
    @ka1renn___23 күн бұрын

    Cacao (曹操) is not the one who forced the last emperor of Han Dynasty (汉献帝) to abdicate, instead it's his son Cao Pi (曹丕)

  • @Defnetlynotken
    @Defnetlynotken3 жыл бұрын

    Finally finished writing everything you said took about 4 hours and a half

  • @thelegendofjet7899

    @thelegendofjet7899

    3 жыл бұрын

    Jeez, that's a long time for notes!

  • @Defnetlynotken

    @Defnetlynotken

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was lazy about doing an essay about history of china so I did this

  • @xFrapo
    @xFrapo3 жыл бұрын

    8:36

  • @saikumar-cd5zz
    @saikumar-cd5zz11 ай бұрын

    Pls elaborate on Qin Dynasty and its ruler Qin shi Hwang.its the Dynasty that united china

  • @kentbenedict2005
    @kentbenedict20052 жыл бұрын

    Ancient china is so interesting.

  • @PhosphiaEU
    @PhosphiaEU2 жыл бұрын

    Laughed out loud at 10:13

  • @PBhan7890
    @PBhan78903 жыл бұрын

    Who else watched this during school

  • @mikiyasanteneh2679

    @mikiyasanteneh2679

    3 жыл бұрын

    me

  • @kiaanpatel3414

    @kiaanpatel3414

    2 жыл бұрын

    Your father

  • @nicolaimller9606
    @nicolaimller96063 жыл бұрын

    10:18 that is the japanese writing method not chinese

  • @taejo4975

    @taejo4975

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Karl Hanks no, he just understand the differences

  • @luciifyr
    @luciifyr5 ай бұрын

    Such a rich history yet a lot of previous leaders always destroy it. I'm so angry I'm gonna vomit blood

  • @DeepDarkSamurai
    @DeepDarkSamurai Жыл бұрын

    I wonder why the shang thought the zhu were their barbaric distant cousins. Did they have large differences between them? I can imagine, with the yellow emperor

  • @nguyeninhquy6803

    @nguyeninhquy6803

    3 ай бұрын

    Bro have not read Shang oracle bones yet. The Shang referred to Zhou as "Zhou" and appointed their leader "Marquess". I've seen translations of bones that record orders to the Zhou, so obviously Shang considered Zhou their vassal.

  • @benzhang3913
    @benzhang39132 жыл бұрын

    It’s a great history lesson about China! The historic fact mixed with ancient mythology. Actually, Chinese people learn history this way too. Thank you!

  • @juansefhxddhh9953

    @juansefhxddhh9953

    Жыл бұрын

    ñññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññ ñññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññ

  • @Zaaqui_

    @Zaaqui_

    Жыл бұрын

    37

  • @beamazed1162

    @beamazed1162

    10 ай бұрын

    Wrong, when Sima Qian told fairy tales, he would say that this is a very early thing, and it cannot be tested. He went to the place where history happened to listen to the legends of the local people. Therefore, Sima Qian reminded the readers in advance of the fairy tales

  • @alexramos1025
    @alexramos10252 жыл бұрын

    10:20 that's literally hiragana and kanji... Japanese text....

  • @mohammadmonjezi8154
    @mohammadmonjezi8154 Жыл бұрын

    In Asian history I did not see any clip about Iran. why?

  • @priyanka-qy1om
    @priyanka-qy1om Жыл бұрын

    I like anciant chinese culture. amazing architecture traditional dresses

  • @alanncka6352
    @alanncka63523 ай бұрын

    1:48

  • @alanncka6352

    @alanncka6352

    3 ай бұрын

    2:55

  • @homa7289

    @homa7289

    21 күн бұрын

    2:57

  • @saifabidalbloushi
    @saifabidalbloushi Жыл бұрын

    The narrator sounds like he's gonna let out an evil laugh at any moment!!😂😂😂

  • @theyaduvanshiindian391
    @theyaduvanshiindian3912 жыл бұрын

    Earliest China Dynasty was Xia Dynasty

  • @gregonwum8813
    @gregonwum881311 ай бұрын

    The Igbo language is the fundamental language of so- called Sudanic "kwa" language. However, The Igbo Empires would spread to Europe, Middle-East, Near and Far East as far as India, China, Japan and Mongolia to establish the great Oriental Civilizations. All these languages have a common root in Igbo language! The earliest civilization of ancient china in the second Millennium B.C, commenced with the the Black Igbo Africans of china ( Igbo language: Chi ana meaning God's land) ruling Dynasty under Emperor Yu ( Igbo language: Iyi, meaning "water"). before the communist revolution, the so called Emperor Yu was Emperor Iyi, meaning " Emperor of water". to this day, Chinese tradition claims that, the great Yu, was the regulator of the waters and the builder of canals. He also invented wet field agriculture. It is not contested by modern Chinese historians that, the Early Emperor of China were of African descent.

  • @exoticzyros4659
    @exoticzyros46592 жыл бұрын

    Ahora por la culpa de el video ete tengo que hace una clase gracia por hace ete video diablo loco develda que yo xddd

  • @PandaGurl10
    @PandaGurl102 жыл бұрын

    I m from China

  • @shawnmicheal9638

    @shawnmicheal9638

    5 ай бұрын

    Congratulations han cheese

  • @ithidil
    @ithidil2 жыл бұрын

    10:19 thats japanese...

  • @glitcherypixels
    @glitcherypixels Жыл бұрын

    I can't understand that much

  • @Zamasu8680
    @Zamasu8680 Жыл бұрын

    when you were showing that chinese had a complex language, you showed japanese.

  • @anthonychung5863
    @anthonychung58632 жыл бұрын

    A

  • @oltvnews7292
    @oltvnews72923 ай бұрын

    CHINESE LEARNT AND FOLLOWED INDIA --- CHINESE WESTERN COUNTRY IS INDIA

  • @EmiTangoBlues
    @EmiTangoBlues3 жыл бұрын

    too many mistakes.

  • @briankennedy7304

    @briankennedy7304

    2 жыл бұрын

    yes.

  • @user-jf9gk2kx1z
    @user-jf9gk2kx1z8 ай бұрын

    0:22 is the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial in Taiwan. Fact checkers need to take another look...

  • @jordancanty6065
    @jordancanty60652 жыл бұрын

    Inappropriate for a 6th grade class.

  • @1intheworldidolladder538
    @1intheworldidolladder538 Жыл бұрын

    🫶🏻👏👏👍

  • @exoticzyros4659
    @exoticzyros46592 жыл бұрын

    Coñooooooooo

  • @nessmess500
    @nessmess5003 ай бұрын

    I love your content but you're killing me with the pronunciations in all of your videos! Please do some more research to get the pronunciations of the people in the places better!

  • @t-rex7835
    @t-rex78353 жыл бұрын

    Cao Ni Ma

  • @alphonsineaguillon7
    @alphonsineaguillon72 жыл бұрын

    What socialist dictatorship? How did you come to such a term? From your western colonialisers’ model of the world?

  • @jimjim7608
    @jimjim7608 Жыл бұрын

    china history began with Shang Kindom. u wasted a lot of time talking about stories, they are not history.

  • @PunmasterSTP
    @PunmasterSTP6 күн бұрын

    I think it's sad communism eventually took over and so many people died. Hopefully, eventually, the people there can be free.

  • @YECBIB
    @YECBIB Жыл бұрын

    Everyone came off Noah's Ark and before that ,Adam and Eve. Pick up the Bible.

  • @faithful2b1

    @faithful2b1

    Жыл бұрын

    Then how did people get to China then?

  • @user-vs9de9fy2c

    @user-vs9de9fy2c

    6 ай бұрын

    ヨーロッパ好きが溢れ出た文章だね。

  • @YECBIB
    @YECBIB Жыл бұрын

    Everyone comes from Adam and Eve. Everything began about 6 thousand years ago . No such thing as evolution or millions and billions of years ago, whack-a-doodle.

  • @soupski

    @soupski

    10 ай бұрын

    Pls shut

  • @ricardojibaja4248
    @ricardojibaja42482 жыл бұрын

    You have to stop lying to people.

  • @magemaatikko
    @magemaatikko3 жыл бұрын

    I am really interesting to study Chinese history and ancient art I just hate Chinese Communist Oppressing system. Covid-19 was born in China, in Wuhan becouse Communist Party cover upped so much all precautions was lost and chinese turists came to Northern Italy with COVID-19. Chinese Communist Party is evil and corrupted and without no value of human life. I hope someday we can remember China as wondrous nation where Marco Polo traveled and imagine the richness of Chinese culture and become part of their art. Nowadays Art is dead, there is only Mao 's Red Book of infantilism and massive starvation of whole China.

  • @JenHope883

    @JenHope883

    3 жыл бұрын

    The CoVID started in Fort Detrick? Should check the Biolab . WHO was barred from checking it, fishy!!

  • @jaipurfoodwalks
    @jaipurfoodwalks Жыл бұрын

    Show correct maps 🤬🤬

  • @IfYouAreReadingThisILY
    @IfYouAreReadingThisILY2 ай бұрын

    I have a test in a few min about this🫶