Secrets of ancient Chinese tombs
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The Early Dynasties in China
China was not a unified country at this point in its history. The central Yellow River becomes the center of the early dynasties. Chinese characters are not connected to pronunciation, so sounds may have been different across parts of China as they are today. People continue to offer food weekly or daily or monthly and believe that their ancestors can help them in their lives.
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