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Ancient Civilizations: Asia

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India

Indus Valley civilization

Ancient civilization that flourished from about 2500 B.C. to about 1500 B.C. in the valley of the Indus
River and its tributaries.

Sanskrit literature

Literary works written in Sanskrit constituting the main body of the classical literature of India.

Ganges River

Major river of India and Bangladesh; length 2,510 km/1,560 mi. It drains a fertile and densely populated
basin, approximately a quarter of the total area of India, and is the most sacred river for Hindus.

China

China
Since the 2d millennium B.C. a unique and fairly uniform culture has spread over almost all of China.

Chinese Dynasties pre-1000AD

From Chambers Dictionary of World History

Shang Dynasty (1766–1122 BC);Zhou (Chou) Dynasty (1122/1066–256 BC); Qin (Ch’in) Dynasty (221–206
BC);Han Dynasties (206 BC–AD 220); Jin (Chin/Tsin) Dynasty (AD 266–317); Sui Dynasty (581–618); Tang
Dynasty (618–907); Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period (907–60)

Chang Jiang River

Longest river of China and Asia. The official name for the entire length of the river is Chang Jiang; the
Yangtze refers to a 650 km/400 mi stretch of the river identified with the Yang Kingdom of the 10 th
century BC.

Great Wall of China

Great Wall of China

Fortifications, c.1,500 mi (2,400 km) long, winding across N China from Gansu prov. To Hebei prov. On
the Yellow Sea.

Japan

Japan

The divine design of the empire—supposedly founded in 660 B.C. by the emperor Jimmu, a lineal
descendant of the sun goddess and ancestor of the present emperor—was held as official dogma until
1945.