Name: China The Beginning
Released: 2023-12-11T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary

P Classp1as Vast As The Entire European Continent The Middle Kingdom Is An Endless Series Of Deserts And Nearly Impenetrable Mountain Ranges For Millennia The Country Of China Was Heavily Defended And Closed Off From Foreigners To Study The Country Western Historians Only Had Legendary Tales At Their Disposal Today We Are Able To Hear The Truth Behind The Stories From The Very Beginningp

2023 · 49m

EPISODE 1

The Lost Dynasty

At The Dawn Of Its History China A Country As Vast As All Of Europe Counts Dozens Of Clans All Lay Claim To Very Large Territories They Build Cities Whose Incredible Sizes Reflect The Power Of Their Respective Founders And Yet Most Of These Kingdoms Will Crumble In The Span Of A Single Generation How Do We Explain Such A Quick Disappearance

49m
EPISODE 2

The Rise And Fall Of The Shang

Modern China Counts Nine Official Languages But Only One Written One The Chinese Characters Logograms All Attempts To Establish Phonetic Writing Have Failed For Logograms Possess A Very Ancient Power During 700 Years From 1500 To 700 Bc Two Dynasties The Shangs And The Zhous Will Successively Forge The Chinese Cultural Identity An Identity Built By War Bronze And Writing

51m
EPISODE 3

The First Emperor

Extremely Powerful The Qin Dynasty One Of The Kingdoms Fighting For Supremacy Defeats All Of Its Foes One After Another In 221 Bc Unification Is Established And Qin Shi Huang Proclaims Himself The First Emperor The Chinese Empire Is Born And Will Last Until 1911

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