The Birth of China - Farmers of Rice and Millet (7000 BCE - 5000 BCE)

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-Mournful flute music begins- North China, the 7th millennium BCE. Here in a small village on the edge of a river plain, a man is being buried. In life he held a position of great prestige amongst his fellow villagers, perhaps acting as a local chieftain or shaman.  In death his body has been carefully dressed and prepared, adorned with ornaments ... Read More