- [[Tt2021-05 On History]] discusses how the Chinese divide up their history by their dynasties, similar to [[Egypt]], and touches briefly on the Chinese habit of considering their civilization to be one continuous linear culture, despite being conquered and and splintering into disparate warring states periodically. ^ab557b ## References - [National Geographic Encyclopedia - Huang He Valley](https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/huang-he-valley/) - [Wikipedia - Mongol conquest of China](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_conquest_of_China) - Read a really interesting [[rAskHistorians]] [piece](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/l8es9o/the_mongols_while_invading_song_dynasty_china/) on China and why claims that it was "almost" industrialized before the Mongols came along and smashed the Song Dynasty are terrible claims. It goes into detail about the prerequisites for industrialization and how necessity is the mother of invention and what not that would be useful for planning out an Industrial Revolution in [[Verraine]]. ## To Be Processed ```dataview list from "" where moc = "china" ``` - [[40 Slipbox/41 Indexes/China#^ab557b|View in Vault]] [[Egypt]] Note also: ![[rulers of China]] The Egyptians were definitely conquered by the Hittites in a similar way to the Xiongnu, right down to the horse-and-chariot combination being really key. I bet there's some way to tie this into [[The Horse The Wheel And Language by David Anthony]] and the impact of the chariot.