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Ancient Geography: Chinese Contributions- Important Geographical Milestones in China
Chinese Contributions
Chinese made an important contribution to geography, between 200 and 1500 AD. They created great tradition of geographical scholarship by portraying information on trade routes and maps and describing topography and life of the people living in different parts of the then known world.
Dynasties | Duration |
Warring States | 403 - 221 B. C. |
Western Zhou | 11 B. C. -771 B. C. |
Eastern Zhou | 770 B. C. -221 B. C. |
Qin | 221 - 206 B. C. |
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Ancient Geography: Chinese Contributions- 5 Types of Chinese Geography, Chinese Geography & Astronomy, Chinese Cartography
5 Types of Chinese Geography
Needham and Wang Ling (1970) suggested five main types of Chinese geography:
- Anthropological geographies, known as Chih-Kung Thu (Illustrations of the Tribute-Bearing Peoples) , dating from the mid-6th century AD.
- Descriptions of the folk customs of the countries to the south of China (Feng Thu Chi) and d…
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