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Why Did Prehistoric Chinese Villages Build Massive Earthen Walls? - The Archaeology of Early Chinese Farming Communities | Sleepy Facts About History
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Long before the first dynasties or the concept of a unified state, the landscapes of what we now call China were home to dynamic, millennia-long experiments in settled living. This episode explores the Neolithic villages of the Yellow River basin and beyond, examining how early farming communities organized their daily lives, built their homes, and managed complex communal labor without centralized rulers.
Drawing on archaeological evidence from sites like Banpo, Jiangzhai, and Taosi, we…
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