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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 The Shang
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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 The Shang
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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 The Shang
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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 might be called the first Chinese invention The mastery of fire
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We might call it the first Chinese invention. ||||| Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight.
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What might be called the first Chinese invention The mastery of fire
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| 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 might be called the first Chinese invention The 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 might be called the first Chinese invention Fire
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We might call it the first Chinese invention. ||||| Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight.
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What might be called the first Chinese invention Fire
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| 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 might be called the first Chinese invention 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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Who enjoyed the two revolutionary luxuries of light and heat Peking Man
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Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight. ||||| Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire.
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Who enjoyed the two revolutionary luxuries of light and heat Peking Man
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Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. ||||| Not that he devised flint and steel, matches, or any other way of creating fire.
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Who enjoyed the two revolutionary luxuries of light and heat Peking Man
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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 could be called the first Chinese inventor Peking man
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We might call it the first Chinese invention. ||||| The Shang Dynasty gave rise to the concept of one Chinese nation under one government.
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Who could be called the first Chinese inventor Peking man
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Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements. ||||| The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel.
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Who could be called the first Chinese inventor Peking man
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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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Who was the mastery of fire Homo Sapiens
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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. ||||| Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements.
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Who was the mastery of fire Homo Sapiens
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Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements. ||||| We might call it the first Chinese invention.
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Who was the mastery of fire Homo Sapiens
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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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Who was the mastery of fire Peking Man
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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. ||||| Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements.
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Who was the mastery of fire Peking Man
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Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements. ||||| We might call it the first Chinese invention.
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Who was the mastery of fire 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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What dynasty brought about the interest in art and the concept of one Chinese nation under one government The Shang Dynasty
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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. ||||| We might call it the first Chinese invention.
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What dynasty brought about the interest in art and the concept of one Chinese nation under one government The Shang Dynasty
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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. ||||| Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements.
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What dynasty brought about the interest in art and the concept of one Chinese nation under one government The Shang Dynasty
|
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 dynasty brought about the interest in art and the concept of one Chinese nation under one government The Shang dynasty brought about an interest in art and 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. ||||| We might call it the first Chinese invention.
|
What dynasty brought about the interest in art and the concept of one Chinese nation under one government The Shang dynasty brought about an interest in art and the concept of one Chinese nation under one government
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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. ||||| Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements.
|
What dynasty brought about the interest in art and the concept of one Chinese nation under one government The Shang dynasty brought about an interest in art and 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 dynasty brought about the interest in art and the concept of one Chinese nation under one government Shang
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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. ||||| We might call it the first Chinese invention.
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What dynasty brought about the interest in art and the concept of one Chinese nation under one government Shang
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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. ||||| Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements.
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What dynasty brought about the interest in art and the concept of one Chinese nation under one government Shang
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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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This famous explorer , after reaching China's capital city reported that the Chinese used what color rocks to make fire Marco Polo was amazed they used black rocks for fuel
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Several hundred thousand years later, when Marco Polo reached the capital of China, he was astonished by a further development in fire technology. ||||| We might call it the first Chinese invention.
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This famous explorer , after reaching China's capital city reported that the Chinese used what color rocks to make fire Marco Polo was amazed they used black rocks for fuel
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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.
|
This famous explorer , after reaching China's capital city reported that the Chinese used what color rocks to make fire Marco Polo was amazed they used black rocks 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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This famous explorer , after reaching China's capital city reported that the Chinese used what color rocks to make fire Black
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Several hundred thousand years later, when Marco Polo reached the capital of China, he was astonished by a further development in fire technology. ||||| We might call it the first Chinese invention.
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This famous explorer , after reaching China's capital city reported that the Chinese used what color rocks to make fire Black
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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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This famous explorer , after reaching China's capital city reported that the Chinese used what color rocks to make fire Black
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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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This famous explorer , after reaching China's capital city reported that the Chinese used what color rocks to make fire Marco Polo said the Chinese used coal to make fire
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Several hundred thousand years later, when Marco Polo reached the capital of China, he was astonished by a further development in fire technology. ||||| We might call it the first Chinese invention.
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This famous explorer , after reaching China's capital city reported that the Chinese used what color rocks to make fire Marco Polo said the Chinese used coal to make fire
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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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This famous explorer , after reaching China's capital city reported that the Chinese used what color rocks to make fire Marco Polo said the Chinese used coal to make fire
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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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When the Xia Dynasty came about was written language already in place 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. ||||| The Shang Dynasty gave rise to the concept of one Chinese nation under one government.
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When the Xia Dynasty came about was written language already in place Yes
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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 the Xia Dynasty came about was written language already in place Yes
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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 development in fire technology did Marco Polo discover when he reached the capital of China Coal
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Several hundred thousand years later, when Marco Polo reached the capital of China, he was astonished by a further development in fire technology. ||||| 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.
|
What development in fire technology did Marco Polo discover when he reached the capital of China Coal
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Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. ||||| Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight.
|
What development in fire technology did Marco Polo discover 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. ||||| 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 development in fire technology did Marco Polo discover when he reached the capital of China Black stones dug out of mountains
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Several hundred thousand years later, when Marco Polo reached the capital of China, he was astonished by a further development in fire technology. ||||| 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.
|
What development in fire technology did Marco Polo discover when he reached the capital of China Black stones dug out of mountains
|
Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. ||||| Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight.
|
What development in fire technology did Marco Polo discover when he reached the capital of China Black stones dug out of mountains
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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 development in fire technology did Marco Polo discover when he reached the capital of China Black stones fuel
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Several hundred thousand years later, when Marco Polo reached the capital of China, he was astonished by a further development in fire technology. ||||| 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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What development in fire technology did Marco Polo discover when he reached the capital of China Black stones fuel
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Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire. ||||| Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight.
|
What development in fire technology did Marco Polo discover when he reached the capital of China Black stones 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. ||||| Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements.
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Which Chinese dynasty is associated with careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs The Shang Dynasty
|
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 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.
|
Which Chinese dynasty is associated with careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs The Shang Dynasty
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Not that he devised flint and steel, matches, or any other way of creating fire. ||||| We might call it the first Chinese invention.
|
Which Chinese dynasty is associated with careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs The Shang Dynasty
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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. ||||| Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements.
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Which Chinese dynasty is associated with careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs Shang
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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 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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Which Chinese dynasty is associated with careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs Shang
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Not that he devised flint and steel, matches, or any other way of creating fire. ||||| We might call it the first Chinese invention.
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Which Chinese dynasty is associated with careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs Shang
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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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The first Chinese invention involved a master of what subject Fire
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We might call it the first Chinese invention. ||||| 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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The first Chinese invention involved a master of what subject Fire
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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. ||||| Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight.
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The first Chinese invention involved a master of what subject 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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The first Chinese invention involved a master of what subject Capturing fire
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We might call it the first Chinese invention. ||||| 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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The first Chinese invention involved a master of what subject Capturing fire
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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. ||||| Peking Man simply learned how to capture flame, perhaps from a forest fire, and keep it alight.
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The first Chinese invention involved a master of what subject Capturing fire
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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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What did a mastery of fire achieve for Peking Man Heat
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He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat. ||||| 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 did a mastery of fire achieve for Peking Man Heat
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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. ||||| 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 did a mastery of fire achieve for Peking Man Heat
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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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What did a mastery of fire achieve for Peking Man Light and heat
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He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat. ||||| 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 did a mastery of fire achieve for Peking Man Light and heat
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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. ||||| 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 did a mastery of fire achieve for Peking Man Light and heat
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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.
|
What did a mastery of fire achieve for Peking Man Light
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He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat. ||||| 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 did a mastery of fire achieve for Peking Man Light
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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. ||||| 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 did a mastery of fire achieve for Peking Man Light
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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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What period was the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty during Around 2000 bc
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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. ||||| 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 period was the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty during Around 2000 bc
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Europeans did not yet have a word for "coal," nor had they discovered a use for it. ||||| The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel.
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What period was the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty during Around 2000 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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What period was the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty during 4000 years ago
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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. ||||| 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 period was the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty during 4000 years ago
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Europeans did not yet have a word for "coal," nor had they discovered a use for it. ||||| The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel.
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What period was the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty during 4000 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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What period was the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty during The Stone Age
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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. ||||| 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 period was the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty during The Stone Age
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Europeans did not yet have a word for "coal," nor had they discovered a use for it. ||||| The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel.
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What period was the Xia (Hsia) Dynasty during The Stone Age
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| 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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What sort of fuel source allowed settlement of which major city in China Coal allowed for people to eventually settle in what would now be Beijing
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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.
|
What sort of fuel source allowed settlement of which major city in China Coal allowed for people to eventually settle in what would now be Beijing
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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. ||||| He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat.
|
What sort of fuel source allowed settlement of which major city in China Coal allowed for people to eventually settle in what would now be Beijing
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| 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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What sort of fuel source allowed settlement of which major city in China Coal
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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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What sort of fuel source allowed settlement of which major city in China Coal
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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. ||||| He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat.
|
What sort of fuel source allowed settlement of which major city in China Coal
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| 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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What sort of fuel source allowed settlement of which major city in China Bejing
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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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What sort of fuel source allowed settlement of which major city in China Bejing
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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. ||||| He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat.
|
What sort of fuel source allowed settlement of which major city in China Bejing
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The Chinese, he announced, used black stones dug out of mountains as fuel. ||||| 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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What sort of fuel source allowed settlement of which major city in China Coal allowed settlement of Beijing
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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.
|
What sort of fuel source allowed settlement of which major city in China Coal allowed settlement of Beijing
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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. ||||| He thus enjoyed two revolutionary luxuries: light and heat.
|
What sort of fuel source allowed settlement of which major city in China Coal allowed settlement of Beijing
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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 were black stones dug from and had the Europeans found a use for this Mountains, no
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Europeans did not yet have a word for "coal," nor had they discovered a use for it. ||||| 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.
|
Where were black stones dug from and had the Europeans found a use for this Mountains, no
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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. ||||| 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.
|
Where were black stones dug from and had the Europeans found a use for this Mountains, no
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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.
|
Where were black stones dug from and had the Europeans found a use for this They were dug from mountains and Europeans had not discovered a use for the product
|
Europeans did not yet have a word for "coal," nor had they discovered a use for it. ||||| 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.
|
Where were black stones dug from and had the Europeans found a use for this They were dug from mountains and Europeans had not discovered a use for the product
|
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. ||||| 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.
|
Where were black stones dug from and had the Europeans found a use for this They were dug from mountains and Europeans had not discovered a use for the product
|
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. ||||| Careful geometric designs as well as dragon and bird motifs adorned bowls and implements.
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During the Shang Dynasty, the Chinese developed an interest in what type of designs Careful geometric designs
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