China 19th to 20th Century
Uploaded by smartone on Feb 13, 2007
China has represented on the earliest civilizations of the world. China has recorded history of about 3,600 years. China has passed through prehistoric society, slave society and feudal society. China's civilization developed independently of others because the country was separated from other countries and had a great distance from other countries. It is said that after 10,000 B.C the Chinese lived by hunting and gathering plants. Then in 5,000 B.C the Chinese began farming. Rice was cultivated in southern China and millet was grown in northern China. Farmers also learned to make pottery. The Chinese cultural was is very rich in tradition and is famous to the people who are found through the world. The development of such a different and impressive civilization has made China the role model for other countries around the world. Around 1750 B.C the first Chinese dynasty, Shang, began to develop. This era witnessed the birth of modern architecture such as walled towns and productive agricultural systems. However each region of China had its own language and culture. Due to the misgoverning of the dynasty, the Shang lost its mandate of Heaven to the Zhou kingdom. The Zhou dynasty continued much of the technological and the agricultural developments of the first rule. The improved living conditions showed a direct relation between the population and the growth of the cities, as one grew larger the other also grew. In this period roads were being built, land cultivated and irrigation spread. As the development of the lands expanded the surroundings regions became separate states, each culturally different with its own language resulting in constant warfare. Warfare had become more common because the earlier societies were becoming richer. During the 19th century capitalist forces of foreign countries invaded China.
China was slowly transformed into a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. In the 20th century the many people decided that it was time to do away with the old order. Sun Yat-Sen (1866-1925) put forward 3 principles, nationalism, democracy and socialism. The Chinese Republic occurred in 1911 to 1949, this is when the revolution was being planned, but a bomb was set off and the government would now be alerted they decided to start the revolution.
China location is Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam. The area of China is...