I'm Chinese myself, and I just want to say, what a great write-up. Really appreciate all the nuggets you manage to fit in, but truly, Chinese history is vast and quite full of asterisks just like the rest of world history. Like the Sixteen Kingdoms period which is poorly named and only fifteen of which were founded by non-Sinitic peoples, or the fact that both the Great Wall and the Grand Canal were not built built but ordered to be 'connected' during their respective periods. Nonetheless, this is a great primer for anyone interested in learning more about Chinese history.
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Reply to A brief summary of 3,500 years of Chinese history by gimhae_pyeongya
I'm Chinese myself, and I just want to say, what a great write-up. Really appreciate all the nuggets you manage to fit in, but truly, Chinese history is vast and quite full of asterisks just like the rest of world history. Like the Sixteen Kingdoms period which is poorly named and only fifteen of which were founded by non-Sinitic peoples, or the fact that both the Great Wall and the Grand Canal were not built built but ordered to be 'connected' during their respective periods. Nonetheless, this is a great primer for anyone interested in learning more about Chinese history.