# 📎 TOPIC: China The Huang He Valley (or in English, Yellow River Valley) was the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization. It is the easternmost [[river valley civilization]]. - [[origins of Chinese civilization]] - [[rulers of China]] - [[Chinese infrastructure]] * [[2022-08-01 Sewers]] for more about how ancient China maintained their sewers. - [[2020-12-14 Navigation]] for more about how the ancient Chinese made compasses. - [[2020-12-28 Spidersilk (DRAFT)]] for more about how the Chinese domesticated silkworms and held a monopoly on silk for hundreds of years (this is covered in depth by [[The Golden Thread by Kassia St Clair|The Golden Thread]].) ^3a475b - [[2021-01-25 Ceramics]] [[2021-02-01 Quicksilver (DRAFT)]] for more about China's influence on the development of ceramics and red dyes, respectively. - [[how the Yellow River got its names]] - [[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" ```