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The site was first discovered in 1929 and then re-discovered in 1986. Chinese archaeologists have identified the Sanxingdui culture to be part of the state of Shu , linking the artifacts found at the site to its early legendary kings.
He then led a voyage into the Red Sea, the first ever made by a European fleet. 1513: Jorge Álvares is the first European to land in China at Tamão in the Zhujiang (Pearl River) estuary. 1516–1517: Rafael Perestrello, a cousin of Christopher Columbus, leads a small Portuguese trade mission to Canton (Guangzhou), then under the Ming Dynasty.
Yangzhou Massacre: The Qing Dynasty slaughter the inhabitants of Yangzhou city in 6 days according to the contemporary account given by Wang Xiuchu. [6] Xiuchu’s entire account spans 10 days and puts the death toll at 800,000 although Lynn A. Struve conjectures that the city’s population was hardly likely to have been more than 300,000. [7 ...
In 1339 a Venetian named Giovanni Loredano is recorded to have returned to Venice from China. A tombstone was also discovered in Yangzhou, commemorating the death of Caterina Vilioni, daughter of Domenico, in 1342. [76] This is an important object, which offers tangible evidence to the presence of non-elite European Christian women in Yuan ...
China: c. 200 BC The city of Hangzhou was founded about 2,200 years ago during the Qin dynasty. Kashgar: Shule Kingdom China: 2nd century BC The city of Kashgar was the capital of the Iranic Shule Kingdom and served as a major hub of the Silk Road. [150] Pyeongyang (as Wanggeom-seong) Gojoseon North Korea: 194 BC
After defeating the last of the Warring States and consolidating an empire over China proper, the Chinese navy of the Qin dynasty period (221–206 BC) assisted the land-borne invasion of Guangzhou and northern Vietnam. (Called first Jiaozhi and then Annan, [2] the northern half of Vietnam would not become fully independent from Chinese rule ...
The structure has been dated to the early Warring States Period, which spanned from about 475 to 221 B.C., making it at least 2,000 years old.. The period, as suggested by its name, was ...
Shanghai is China's most populous urban area [452] [453] while Chongqing is its largest city proper, the only city in China with a permanent population of over 30 million. [454] The figures in the table below are from the 2020 census, and are only estimates of the urban populations within administrative city limits; a different ranking exists ...