What is jade? Metamorphic rock
What is jade? Jade rock from Alaska Jadeite and nephrite Jade is really two kinds of metamorphic rock, jadeite and nephrite, that look pretty much exactly the same. Scientists can [...]
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Stone Age China – Early Chinese History
Jade dragon-pig from New Stone Age China When did the first people come to China? Early people made it to China about 700,000 years ago. They were Homo Erectus, and [...]
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Shang Dynasty China – The first dynasty of ancient China
Shang Dynasty China: Late Shang bronze pitcher from Henan, about 1100 BC, with inscription (Musee Guimet, Paris) China enters the Bronze Age Around 2000 BC, people in China learned how [...]
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Zhou Dynasty Chinese Art – Early China
Western Zhou bronze vessel from China (now in the Musee Guimet, Paris) Western Zhou art The first part of the Zhou Dynasty is called the Western Zhou, and it runs [...]
