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China (former nation/state/empire) |
Note: General record for historical China, as distinguished from the modern nation of China. Area near Peking was home to hominids 500,000 BCE; Chinese civilization in the south by 7000 BCE; beginning in the 18th century BCE, ruled by many great dynasties including Shang, Chou, Han, T'ang, Sung, Chin, Mongol, Ming, Ch'ing, and Manchu, with often-changing boundaries. |
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| China (historical) (preferred,C,V,LC,English-P,U)
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| China, historical (C,V)
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| Cina (historical) (C,V)
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| Kinèˆ (historical) (C,V)
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| Kina (historical) (C,V,English,U)
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China .......... (nation) |
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