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CIA officers, including Deputy Director for Operations Pavitt, were irate." ||||| The Taliban did not take him seriously, however. ||||| Mike" thought the dismantling of the camp erased a possible site for targeting Bin Laden. ||||| On March 7, 1999, Clarke called a UAE official to express his concerns about possible associations between Emirati officials and Bin Laden.
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How did the UAE both help and hinder anti-terrorism efforts It hindered them by being one of the Taliban's only travel and financial outlets to the outside world, it helped them by UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hamdan bin Zayid threatened to break relations with the Taliban over Bin Laden
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From 1999 through early 2001, the United States, and President Clinton personally, pressed the UAE, one of the Taliban's only travel and financial outlets to the outside world, to break off its ties and enforce sanctions, especially those relating to flights to and from Afghanistan. ||||| These efforts achieved little before 9/11. ||||| In July 1999, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hamdan bin Zayid threatened to break relations with the Taliban over Bin Laden. ||||| The United Arab Emirates was becoming both a valued counterterrorism ally of the United States and a persistent counterterrorism problem.
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How did the UAE both help and hinder anti-terrorism efforts UAE valued its relations with the Taliban because the Afghan radicals offered a counterbalance
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The United Arab Emirates was becoming both a valued counterterrorism ally of the United States and a persistent counterterrorism problem. ||||| Bin Zayid later told an American diplomat that the UAE valued its relations with the Taliban because the Afghan radicals offered a counterbalance to "Iranian dangers" in the region, but he also noted that the UAE did not want to upset the United States. ||||| When the former Bin Laden unit chief found out about Clarke's call, he questioned CIA officials, who denied having given such a clearance. ||||| The Taliban did not take him seriously, however.
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How did the UAE both help and hinder anti-terrorism efforts UAE valued its relations with the Taliban because the Afghan radicals offered a counterbalance
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CIA officers, including Deputy Director for Operations Pavitt, were irate." ||||| The Taliban did not take him seriously, however. ||||| Mike" thought the dismantling of the camp erased a possible site for targeting Bin Laden. ||||| On March 7, 1999, Clarke called a UAE official to express his concerns about possible associations between Emirati officials and Bin Laden.
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How did the UAE both help and hinder anti-terrorism efforts UAE valued its relations with the Taliban because the Afghan radicals offered a counterbalance
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Even after Bin Laden's departure from the area, CIA officers hoped he might return, seeing the camp as a magnet that could draw him for as long as it was still set up. ||||| Imagery confirmed that less than a week after Clarke's phone call the camp was hurriedly dismantled, and the site was deserted. ||||| CIA officers, including Deputy Director for Operations Pavitt, were irate." ||||| Mike" thought the dismantling of the camp erased a possible site for targeting Bin Laden.
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Why were CIA officers, including Deputy Director for Operations Pavitt angry Following a call by Clarke to UAE officials expressing his concerns about associations between Bin Laden and Emerati officials, a camp CIA officials were sure Bin Laden might return to was dismantled
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Mike" thought the dismantling of the camp erased a possible site for targeting Bin Laden. ||||| When the former Bin Laden unit chief found out about Clarke's call, he questioned CIA officials, who denied having given such a clearance. ||||| In July 1999, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hamdan bin Zayid threatened to break relations with the Taliban over Bin Laden. ||||| The military maintained readiness for another strike opportunity.
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Why were CIA officers, including Deputy Director for Operations Pavitt angry Following a call by Clarke to UAE officials expressing his concerns about associations between Bin Laden and Emerati officials, a camp CIA officials were sure Bin Laden might return to was dismantled
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Bin Zayid later told an American diplomat that the UAE valued its relations with the Taliban because the Afghan radicals offered a counterbalance to "Iranian dangers" in the region, but he also noted that the UAE did not want to upset the United States. ||||| The Taliban did not take him seriously, however. ||||| On March 7, 1999, Clarke called a UAE official to express his concerns about possible associations between Emirati officials and Bin Laden. ||||| These efforts achieved little before 9/11.
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Why were CIA officers, including Deputy Director for Operations Pavitt angry Following a call by Clarke to UAE officials expressing his concerns about associations between Bin Laden and Emerati officials, a camp CIA officials were sure Bin Laden might return to was dismantled
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Even after Bin Laden's departure from the area, CIA officers hoped he might return, seeing the camp as a magnet that could draw him for as long as it was still set up. ||||| Imagery confirmed that less than a week after Clarke's phone call the camp was hurriedly dismantled, and the site was deserted. ||||| CIA officers, including Deputy Director for Operations Pavitt, were irate." ||||| Mike" thought the dismantling of the camp erased a possible site for targeting Bin Laden.
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Why were CIA officers, including Deputy Director for Operations Pavitt angry Because the camp was hurriedly dismantled
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Mike" thought the dismantling of the camp erased a possible site for targeting Bin Laden. ||||| When the former Bin Laden unit chief found out about Clarke's call, he questioned CIA officials, who denied having given such a clearance. ||||| In July 1999, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hamdan bin Zayid threatened to break relations with the Taliban over Bin Laden. ||||| The military maintained readiness for another strike opportunity.
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Why were CIA officers, including Deputy Director for Operations Pavitt angry Because the camp was hurriedly dismantled
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Bin Zayid later told an American diplomat that the UAE valued its relations with the Taliban because the Afghan radicals offered a counterbalance to "Iranian dangers" in the region, but he also noted that the UAE did not want to upset the United States. ||||| The Taliban did not take him seriously, however. ||||| On March 7, 1999, Clarke called a UAE official to express his concerns about possible associations between Emirati officials and Bin Laden. ||||| These efforts achieved little before 9/11.
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Why were CIA officers, including Deputy Director for Operations Pavitt angry Because the camp was hurriedly dismantled
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Even after Bin Laden's departure from the area, CIA officers hoped he might return, seeing the camp as a magnet that could draw him for as long as it was still set up. ||||| Imagery confirmed that less than a week after Clarke's phone call the camp was hurriedly dismantled, and the site was deserted. ||||| CIA officers, including Deputy Director for Operations Pavitt, were irate." ||||| Mike" thought the dismantling of the camp erased a possible site for targeting Bin Laden.
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Why were CIA officers, including Deputy Director for Operations Pavitt angry Bin Laden's former camp was hurriedly dismantled, and the site was deserted, dismantling of the camp erased a possible site for targeting Bin Laden
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Mike" thought the dismantling of the camp erased a possible site for targeting Bin Laden. ||||| When the former Bin Laden unit chief found out about Clarke's call, he questioned CIA officials, who denied having given such a clearance. ||||| In July 1999, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hamdan bin Zayid threatened to break relations with the Taliban over Bin Laden. ||||| The military maintained readiness for another strike opportunity.
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Why were CIA officers, including Deputy Director for Operations Pavitt angry Bin Laden's former camp was hurriedly dismantled, and the site was deserted, dismantling of the camp erased a possible site for targeting Bin Laden
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Bin Zayid later told an American diplomat that the UAE valued its relations with the Taliban because the Afghan radicals offered a counterbalance to "Iranian dangers" in the region, but he also noted that the UAE did not want to upset the United States. ||||| The Taliban did not take him seriously, however. ||||| On March 7, 1999, Clarke called a UAE official to express his concerns about possible associations between Emirati officials and Bin Laden. ||||| These efforts achieved little before 9/11.
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Why were CIA officers, including Deputy Director for Operations Pavitt angry Bin Laden's former camp was hurriedly dismantled, and the site was deserted, dismantling of the camp erased a possible site for targeting Bin Laden
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Even after Bin Laden's departure from the area, CIA officers hoped he might return, seeing the camp as a magnet that could draw him for as long as it was still set up. ||||| Imagery confirmed that less than a week after Clarke's phone call the camp was hurriedly dismantled, and the site was deserted. ||||| CIA officers, including Deputy Director for Operations Pavitt, were irate." ||||| Mike" thought the dismantling of the camp erased a possible site for targeting Bin Laden.
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Why were CIA officers, including Deputy Director for Operations Pavitt angry The camp was hurriedly dismantled, and the site was deserted
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Mike" thought the dismantling of the camp erased a possible site for targeting Bin Laden. ||||| When the former Bin Laden unit chief found out about Clarke's call, he questioned CIA officials, who denied having given such a clearance. ||||| In July 1999, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hamdan bin Zayid threatened to break relations with the Taliban over Bin Laden. ||||| The military maintained readiness for another strike opportunity.
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Why were CIA officers, including Deputy Director for Operations Pavitt angry The camp was hurriedly dismantled, and the site was deserted
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Bin Zayid later told an American diplomat that the UAE valued its relations with the Taliban because the Afghan radicals offered a counterbalance to "Iranian dangers" in the region, but he also noted that the UAE did not want to upset the United States. ||||| The Taliban did not take him seriously, however. ||||| On March 7, 1999, Clarke called a UAE official to express his concerns about possible associations between Emirati officials and Bin Laden. ||||| These efforts achieved little before 9/11.
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Why were CIA officers, including Deputy Director for Operations Pavitt angry The camp was hurriedly dismantled, and the site was deserted
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| Several hundred thousand years later, when Marco Polo reached the capital of China, he was astonished by a further development in fire technology.
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What new fire technology astonished Marco Polo when he reached the capital of China Using coal for fuel
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| During the second of the quasi-legendary dynasties, the Shang (from about the 16th to 11th centuries b.c.), the Chinese developed an interest in art.
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What new fire technology astonished Marco Polo when he reached the capital of China Using coal for fuel
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During the second of the quasi-legendary dynasties, the Shang (from about the 16th to 11th centuries b.c.), the Chinese developed an interest in art. ||||| Hundreds of thousands of years before China was to become the world's longest-running civilization, the prologue was enacted by means of the flicker of a carefully tended fire.
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What new fire technology astonished Marco Polo when he reached the capital of China Using coal for fuel
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| Several hundred thousand years later, when Marco Polo reached the capital of China, he was astonished by a further development in fire technology.
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What new fire technology astonished Marco Polo when he reached the capital of China The Chinese used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| During the second of the quasi-legendary dynasties, the Shang (from about the 16th to 11th centuries b.c.), the Chinese developed an interest in art.
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What new fire technology astonished Marco Polo when he reached the capital of China The Chinese used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel
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During the second of the quasi-legendary dynasties, the Shang (from about the 16th to 11th centuries b.c.), the Chinese developed an interest in art. ||||| Hundreds of thousands of years before China was to become the world's longest-running civilization, the prologue was enacted by means of the flicker of a carefully tended fire.
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What new fire technology astonished Marco Polo when he reached the capital of China The Chinese used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| Several hundred thousand years later, when Marco Polo reached the capital of China, he was astonished by a further development in fire technology.
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What new fire technology astonished Marco Polo when he reached the capital of China Fuel
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| During the second of the quasi-legendary dynasties, the Shang (from about the 16th to 11th centuries b.c.), the Chinese developed an interest in art.
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What new fire technology astonished Marco Polo when he reached the capital of China Fuel
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During the second of the quasi-legendary dynasties, the Shang (from about the 16th to 11th centuries b.c.), the Chinese developed an interest in art. ||||| Hundreds of thousands of years before China was to become the world's longest-running civilization, the prologue was enacted by means of the flicker of a carefully tended fire.
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What new fire technology astonished Marco Polo when he reached the capital of China Fuel
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Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. ||||| We might call it the first Chinese invention.
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What type of pre historic man was credited with the first Chinese invention and what was invented Peking man was credited with inventing fire
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Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. ||||| Europeans did not yet have a word for "coal," nor had they discovered a use for it.
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What type of pre historic man was credited with the first Chinese invention and what was invented Peking man was credited with inventing fire
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Technologically and sociologically, it was a phenomenal breakthrough: with fire, communities could live year 'round in one cave, in which cooking and even smelting could be pursued. ||||| And so, by 600,000 b.c., about 50 km (31 miles) southwest of present-day Beijing, the ancestors of mankind were ready to settle down.
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What type of pre historic man was credited with the first Chinese invention and what was invented Peking man was credited with inventing fire
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Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. ||||| We might call it the first Chinese invention.
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What type of pre historic man was credited with the first Chinese invention and what was invented A mastery of fire
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Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. ||||| Europeans did not yet have a word for "coal," nor had they discovered a use for it.
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What type of pre historic man was credited with the first Chinese invention and what was invented A mastery of fire
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Technologically and sociologically, it was a phenomenal breakthrough: with fire, communities could live year 'round in one cave, in which cooking and even smelting could be pursued. ||||| And so, by 600,000 b.c., about 50 km (31 miles) southwest of present-day Beijing, the ancestors of mankind were ready to settle down.
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What type of pre historic man was credited with the first Chinese invention and what was invented A mastery of fire
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Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. ||||| We might call it the first Chinese invention.
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What type of pre historic man was credited with the first Chinese invention and what was invented Peking Man and he invented fire
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Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. ||||| Europeans did not yet have a word for "coal," nor had they discovered a use for it.
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What type of pre historic man was credited with the first Chinese invention and what was invented Peking Man and he invented fire
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Technologically and sociologically, it was a phenomenal breakthrough: with fire, communities could live year 'round in one cave, in which cooking and even smelting could be pursued. ||||| And so, by 600,000 b.c., about 50 km (31 miles) southwest of present-day Beijing, the ancestors of mankind were ready to settle down.
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What type of pre historic man was credited with the first Chinese invention and what was invented Peking Man and he invented fire
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Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. ||||| We might call it the first Chinese invention.
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What type of pre historic man was credited with the first Chinese invention and what was invented Peking Man
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Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. ||||| Europeans did not yet have a word for "coal," nor had they discovered a use for it.
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What type of pre historic man was credited with the first Chinese invention and what was invented Peking Man
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Technologically and sociologically, it was a phenomenal breakthrough: with fire, communities could live year 'round in one cave, in which cooking and even smelting could be pursued. ||||| And so, by 600,000 b.c., about 50 km (31 miles) southwest of present-day Beijing, the ancestors of mankind were ready to settle down.
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What type of pre historic man was credited with the first Chinese invention and what was invented Peking Man
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Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight. ||||| He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat.
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Where did man get fire and what luxuries did it provide Capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and kept it alight
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He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat. ||||| Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire.
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Where did man get fire and what luxuries did it provide Capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and kept it alight
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| Europeans did not yet have a word for "coal," nor had they discovered a use for it.
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Where did man get fire and what luxuries did it provide Capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and kept it alight
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Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight. ||||| He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat.
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Where did man get fire and what luxuries did it provide Light and heat
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He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat. ||||| Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire.
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Where did man get fire and what luxuries did it provide Light and heat
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| Europeans did not yet have a word for "coal," nor had they discovered a use for it.
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Where did man get fire and what luxuries did it provide Light and heat
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Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight. ||||| He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat.
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Where did man get fire and what luxuries did it provide He got fire from a forest fire and it provided heat and light
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He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat. ||||| Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire.
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Where did man get fire and what luxuries did it provide He got fire from a forest fire and it provided heat and light
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| Europeans did not yet have a word for "coal," nor had they discovered a use for it.
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Where did man get fire and what luxuries did it provide He got fire from a forest fire and it provided heat and light
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Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight. ||||| He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat.
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Where did man get fire and what luxuries did it provide They learned to retain flame from another source, like a forest fire, and it provided warmth and light
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He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat. ||||| Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire.
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Where did man get fire and what luxuries did it provide They learned to retain flame from another source, like a forest fire, and it provided warmth and light
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| Europeans did not yet have a word for "coal," nor had they discovered a use for it.
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Where did man get fire and what luxuries did it provide They learned to retain flame from another source, like a forest fire, and it provided warmth and light
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Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements. ||||| And with the arrival of the Bronze Age, the Chinese created bronze vessels of such beauty and originality that, until modern times, archaeologists refused to believe they were cast 3,000 years ago.
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Who designed geometric bowls and bronze vessels The Shang Dynasty
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Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements. ||||| Several hundred thousand years later, when Marco Polo reached the capital of China, he was astonished by a further development in fire technology.
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Who designed geometric bowls and bronze vessels The Shang Dynasty
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The Shang Dynasty gave rise to the concept of one Chinese nation under one government. ||||| We might call it the first Chinese invention.
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Who designed geometric bowls and bronze vessels The Shang Dynasty
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Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight. ||||| He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat.
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Where would the Peking man capture flame and heat From a forest fire
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He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat. ||||| The First Dynasty The confluence of mythology and history in China took place around 4,000 years ago during what is referred to as the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty.
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Where would the Peking man capture flame and heat From a forest fire
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Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements. ||||| The Shang Dynasty gave rise to the concept of one Chinese nation under one government.
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Where would the Peking man capture flame and heat From a forest fire
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Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight. ||||| He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat.
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Where would the Peking man capture flame and heat Forest
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He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat. ||||| The First Dynasty The confluence of mythology and history in China took place around 4,000 years ago during what is referred to as the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty.
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Where would the Peking man capture flame and heat Forest
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Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements. ||||| The Shang Dynasty gave rise to the concept of one Chinese nation under one government.
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Where would the Peking man capture flame and heat Forest
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The First Dynasty The confluence of mythology and history in China took place around 4,000 years ago during what is referred to as the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty. ||||| This was still the Stone Age, but the people are thought to have made silk from thread produced by the worms they cultivated on the leaves of their mulberry trees.
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When did the Hsia Dynasty first made silk Around 2500 bc
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The First Dynasty The confluence of mythology and history in China took place around 4,000 years ago during what is referred to as the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty. ||||| He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat.
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When did the Hsia Dynasty first made silk Around 2500 bc
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And so, by 600,000 b.c., about 50 km (31 miles) southwest of present-day Beijing, the ancestors of mankind were ready to settle down. ||||| During the second of the quasi-legendary dynasties, the Shang (from about the 16th to 11th centuries b.c.), the Chinese developed an interest in art.
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When did the Hsia Dynasty first made silk Around 2500 bc
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The First Dynasty The confluence of mythology and history in China took place around 4,000 years ago during what is referred to as the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty. ||||| This was still the Stone Age, but the people are thought to have made silk from thread produced by the worms they cultivated on the leaves of their mulberry trees.
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When did the Hsia Dynasty first made silk 4,000 years ago
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The First Dynasty The confluence of mythology and history in China took place around 4,000 years ago during what is referred to as the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty. ||||| He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat.
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When did the Hsia Dynasty first made silk 4,000 years ago
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And so, by 600,000 b.c., about 50 km (31 miles) southwest of present-day Beijing, the ancestors of mankind were ready to settle down. ||||| During the second of the quasi-legendary dynasties, the Shang (from about the 16th to 11th centuries b.c.), the Chinese developed an interest in art.
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When did the Hsia Dynasty first made silk 4,000 years ago
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The First Dynasty The confluence of mythology and history in China took place around 4,000 years ago during what is referred to as the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty. ||||| This was still the Stone Age, but the people are thought to have made silk from thread produced by the worms they cultivated on the leaves of their mulberry trees.
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When did the Hsia Dynasty first made silk Stone Age
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The First Dynasty The confluence of mythology and history in China took place around 4,000 years ago during what is referred to as the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty. ||||| He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat.
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When did the Hsia Dynasty first made silk Stone Age
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And so, by 600,000 b.c., about 50 km (31 miles) southwest of present-day Beijing, the ancestors of mankind were ready to settle down. ||||| During the second of the quasi-legendary dynasties, the Shang (from about the 16th to 11th centuries b.c.), the Chinese developed an interest in art.
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When did the Hsia Dynasty first made silk Stone Age
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Hundreds of thousands of years before China was to become the world's longest-running civilization, the prologue was enacted by means of the flicker of a carefully tended fire. ||||| Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire.
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Peking Man achieved a mastery of fire in what is currently which nation China
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Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. ||||| He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat.
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Peking Man achieved a mastery of fire in what is currently which nation China
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Technologically and sociologically, it was a phenomenal breakthrough: with fire, communities could live year 'round in one cave, in which cooking and even smelting could be pursued. ||||| This was still the Stone Age, but the people are thought to have made silk from thread produced by the worms they cultivated on the leaves of their mulberry trees.
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Peking Man achieved a mastery of fire in what is currently which nation China
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| Europeans did not yet have a word for "coal," nor had they discovered a use for it.
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What were the Chinese using coal for Fuel
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| Hundreds of thousands of years before China was to become the world's longest-running civilization, the prologue was enacted by means of the flicker of a carefully tended fire.
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What were the Chinese using coal for Fuel
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Technologically and sociologically, it was a phenomenal breakthrough: with fire, communities could live year 'round in one cave, in which cooking and even smelting could be pursued. ||||| Several hundred thousand years later, when Marco Polo reached the capital of China, he was astonished by a further development in fire technology.
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What were the Chinese using coal for Fuel
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During the second of the quasi-legendary dynasties, the Shang (from about the 16th to 11th centuries b.c.), the Chinese developed an interest in art. ||||| The Shang Dynasty gave rise to the concept of one Chinese nation under one government.
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What did the second quasi-legendary dynasty give rise to the concept of One Chinese nation under one government
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The Shang Dynasty gave rise to the concept of one Chinese nation under one government. ||||| Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements.
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What did the second quasi-legendary dynasty give rise to the concept of One Chinese nation under one government
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We might call it the first Chinese invention. ||||| Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements.
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What did the second quasi-legendary dynasty give rise to the concept of One Chinese nation under one government
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During the second of the quasi-legendary dynasties, the Shang (from about the 16th to 11th centuries b.c.), the Chinese developed an interest in art. ||||| The Shang Dynasty gave rise to the concept of one Chinese nation under one government.
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What did the second quasi-legendary dynasty give rise to the concept of Art
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The Shang Dynasty gave rise to the concept of one Chinese nation under one government. ||||| Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements.
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What did the second quasi-legendary dynasty give rise to the concept of Art
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We might call it the first Chinese invention. ||||| Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements.
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What did the second quasi-legendary dynasty give rise to the concept of Art
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| Europeans did not yet have a word for "coal," nor had they discovered a use for it. ||||| Several hundred thousand years later, when Marco Polo reached the capital of China, he was astonished by a further development in fire technology.
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What is the modern-day name for the fuel Marco Polo found when he reached the capital of China Coal
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements. ||||| Hundreds of thousands of years before China was to become the world's longest-running civilization, the prologue was enacted by means of the flicker of a carefully tended fire.
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What is the modern-day name for the fuel Marco Polo found when he reached the capital of China Coal
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The First Dynasty The confluence of mythology and history in China took place around 4,000 years ago during what is referred to as the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty. ||||| Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. ||||| And written language (which evolved as early as 4,500 to 5,000 years ago) was already in use, originally by oracles and then by official scribes — China's first scholars.
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What is the modern-day name for the fuel Marco Polo found when he reached the capital of China Coal
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The First Dynasty The confluence of mythology and history in China took place around 4,000 years ago during what is referred to as the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty. ||||| And written language (which evolved as early as 4,500 to 5,000 years ago) was already in use, originally by oracles and then by official scribes — China's first scholars.
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Did written language exist during The First Dynasty in China Yes
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The First Dynasty The confluence of mythology and history in China took place around 4,000 years ago during what is referred to as the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty. ||||| We might call it the first Chinese invention.
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Did written language exist during The First Dynasty in China Yes
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And with the arrival of the Bronze Age, the Chinese created bronze vessels of such beauty and originality that, until modern times, archaeologists refused to believe they were cast 3,000 years ago. ||||| Not that he devised flint and steel, matches, or any other way of creating fire.
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Did written language exist during The First Dynasty in China Yes
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The First Dynasty The confluence of mythology and history in China took place around 4,000 years ago during what is referred to as the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty. ||||| And with the arrival of the Bronze Age, the Chinese created bronze vessels of such beauty and originality that, until modern times, archaeologists refused to believe they were cast 3,000 years ago.
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Approximately how many years passed between the Xia Dynasty and the creation of the oldest known bronze vessels in China 3000 years
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And with the arrival of the Bronze Age, the Chinese created bronze vessels of such beauty and originality that, until modern times, archaeologists refused to believe they were cast 3,000 years ago. ||||| Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight.
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Approximately how many years passed between the Xia Dynasty and the creation of the oldest known bronze vessels in China 3000 years
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Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements. ||||| Hundreds of thousands of years before China was to become the world's longest-running civilization, the prologue was enacted by means of the flicker of a carefully tended fire.
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Approximately how many years passed between the Xia Dynasty and the creation of the oldest known bronze vessels in China 3000 years
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The First Dynasty The confluence of mythology and history in China took place around 4,000 years ago during what is referred to as the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty. ||||| And with the arrival of the Bronze Age, the Chinese created bronze vessels of such beauty and originality that, until modern times, archaeologists refused to believe they were cast 3,000 years ago.
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Approximately how many years passed between the Xia Dynasty and the creation of the oldest known bronze vessels in China 3000
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And with the arrival of the Bronze Age, the Chinese created bronze vessels of such beauty and originality that, until modern times, archaeologists refused to believe they were cast 3,000 years ago. ||||| Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight.
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Approximately how many years passed between the Xia Dynasty and the creation of the oldest known bronze vessels in China 3000
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Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements. ||||| Hundreds of thousands of years before China was to become the world's longest-running civilization, the prologue was enacted by means of the flicker of a carefully tended fire.
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Approximately how many years passed between the Xia Dynasty and the creation of the oldest known bronze vessels in China 3000
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The First Dynasty The confluence of mythology and history in China took place around 4,000 years ago during what is referred to as the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty. ||||| And with the arrival of the Bronze Age, the Chinese created bronze vessels of such beauty and originality that, until modern times, archaeologists refused to believe they were cast 3,000 years ago.
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Approximately how many years passed between the Xia Dynasty and the creation of the oldest known bronze vessels in China 1000
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And with the arrival of the Bronze Age, the Chinese created bronze vessels of such beauty and originality that, until modern times, archaeologists refused to believe they were cast 3,000 years ago. ||||| Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight.
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Approximately how many years passed between the Xia Dynasty and the creation of the oldest known bronze vessels in China 1000
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Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements. ||||| Hundreds of thousands of years before China was to become the world's longest-running civilization, the prologue was enacted by means of the flicker of a carefully tended fire.
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Approximately how many years passed between the Xia Dynasty and the creation of the oldest known bronze vessels in China 1000
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Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. ||||| We might call it the first Chinese invention.
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Who achieved what might be called the first Chinese invention Peking Man
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Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. ||||| Technologically and sociologically, it was a phenomenal breakthrough: with fire, communities could live year 'round in one cave, in which cooking and even smelting could be pursued.
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Who achieved what might be called the first Chinese invention Peking Man
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And so, by 600,000 b.c., about 50 km (31 miles) southwest of present-day Beijing, the ancestors of mankind were ready to settle down. ||||| The First Dynasty The confluence of mythology and history in China took place around 4,000 years ago during what is referred to as the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty.
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Who achieved what might be called the first Chinese invention Peking Man
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During the second of the quasi-legendary dynasties, the Shang (from about the 16th to 11th centuries b.c.), the Chinese developed an interest in art. ||||| The Shang Dynasty gave rise to the concept of one Chinese nation under one government.
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Who were the second dynasty to create art Shang Dynasty
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The Shang Dynasty gave rise to the concept of one Chinese nation under one government. ||||| Not that he devised flint and steel, matches, or any other way of creating fire.
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Who were the second dynasty to create art Shang Dynasty
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Hundreds of thousands of years before China was to become the world's longest-running civilization, the prologue was enacted by means of the flicker of a carefully tended fire. ||||| Europeans did not yet have a word for "coal," nor had they discovered a use for it.
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Who were the second dynasty to create art Shang Dynasty
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