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[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Can you really call it a single 4k+ year old civilization?

Given that they tended to do complete sweeps when they changed dynasties, to the point that almost all of the info around Zheng He's treasure ships (circa 1500) was almost erased from existence insidw what is now China.

Or that the "Great Wall of China" was mostly built to keep slightly different Chinese (and Mongolians) out of "their" China.

[–] thisispiggy@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The written language and culture were pretty much unchanged since the qin dynasty. So it's largely the same civilization.

[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

True, but then you can't very well claim that civilisation was blown up given how it very much survived and thrived afterwards.

The empire on the other hand...