Topic 5 – Session 4 – The Ancient Centuries
Chinese writing came relatively late in ancient history, after 1200 BC. The alphabet eventually evolved to some 4,000 characters. Chinese do not consider such a large number of characters as a system based on an alphabet but rather is based on syllables.
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Outline
Course The Ancient Centuries
Session 4 1400 to 800
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Classical Chinese Chinese Characters Zhou Dynasty