{"id":3639,"date":"2020-12-08T05:31:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T05:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historyed.site\/?page_id=3639"},"modified":"2021-01-14T03:50:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T03:50:02","slug":"5-chinese-developed-writing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/session-4\/5-chinese-developed-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"5) Chinese Develop Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Topic 5 &#8211; Session 4 &#8211; The Ancient Centuries<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"one-half first\">\n<p>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3782\" src=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/China-Writing.jpg\" alt=\"China Writing\" width=\"450\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/China-Writing.jpg 450w, https:\/\/historyed.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/China-Writing-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"one-half\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Outline<\/h4>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/\">Course<\/a> The Ancient Centuries<br \/>\n<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/session-4\/\">Session 4<\/a> 1400 to 800<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Other Topics for This Session<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/session-4\/1-central-asian-migrations\/\">One<\/a>| |<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/session-4\/2-assyrian-empire-begins\/\">Two<\/a>| |<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/session-4\/3-earliest-greeks\/\">Three<\/a>| |<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/session-4\/4-jewish-golden-age\/\">Four<\/a>| |Five<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Further Information<\/h1>\n<h2>Articles<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Classical_Chinese\">Classical Chinese<\/a> <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_characters\">Chinese Characters<\/a> <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zhou_dynasty\">Zhou Dynasty<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Videos<\/h2>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QvGPeezXDIg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GpUqqtE2qUo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic 5 &#8211; Session 4 &#8211; 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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