References

Videos for further learning

Links for further learning

The Silk Road 

• A Silk Road History.

Lucan description of Cleopatra

• https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/PharsaliaXmaster.php#anchor_Toc397528288

Cai Lun

• The Chinese Inventor of Paper.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cai_Lun

Paper History

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_paper

Sun Tzu

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Tzu
• The Art of War (Video)

Wujing Zongyao: the Complete Essentials for the Military Classics

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wujing_Zongyao

The world’s earliest paper money

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiaozi_(currency)
• https://www.banknoteworld.com/blog/who-invented-paper-money/

The Chinese postal system

• Yuan’s postal system facilitated East-West trade, cultural exchange

Chinese language

• Chinese Language: Myths and Facts

Bì Shēng (972–1051 AD) was a Chinese artisan, engineer, and inventor of the world’s first movable type technology.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi_Sheng
• Technological Advances during the Song Dynaty

Qin Dynasty problems

• The Qing Dynasty
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Boat
• Crisis in Population and Ecology
• Taiping Rebellion
• Panthay Rebellion
• First Opium War

China Class System

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_occupations
• https://ancient-china-life-and-history.weebly.com/social-structure.html

Chinese scholars

• Scholar-Officials of China

Why was there no capitalism in early modern China?

• Tiago Nasser Appel, “Why was there no capitalism in early modern China?” http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0101-31572016v37n01a09