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• Introduction to the Mythical Period
• The Three Sovereigns
• The Five Emperors
• The Xia Dynasty (c. 2200 BCE-1760 BCE)
The Mythical Period (2852 BCE-c. 1760 BCE)
The First Chinese Dynasties > The Mythical Period (2852 BCE-c. 1760 BCE)
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• acupuncture The insertion of needles into living tissue, especially for remedial purposes.
• Huangdi The mythical Yellow Emperor, said in legend to be the ancestor of all Chinese people
• irrigation The operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.
• Mandate of Heaven The Chinese philosophical concept of the circumstances under which a ruler is allowed to rule.Good rulers would be allowed to rule with the Mandate of heaven, and despotic, unjust rulers would have the Mandate revoked.
• millet Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.
• urbanism The change in a country or region when its population migrates from rural to urban areas.
• Yellow River (Huang He in Chinese.) A river of northern China which flows for 5,463 km (3,000 miles) to the Yellow Sea.
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The First Chinese Dynasties
PanguPortrait of Pangu, the creator of the universe according to Chinese mythology.This portrait is from Sancai Tuhui, a Chinese encyclopedia published in 1609, during the Ming Dynasty.
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ShennongA 19th-century Japanese painting of Shennong tasting herbs to discover their qualities; this is the "iconic" pose in which he is often depicted.
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Huangdi, the Yellow EmperorThe Yellow Emperor as depicted in a tomb from the mid second century AD. The inscription reads: "The Yellow Emperor created and changed a great many things; he invented weapons and the wells and fields system; he devised upper and lower garments, and established palaces and houses."
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