China claims that its civilisation is 5,000 years old. What is the basis for this claim? Serious answers only, please.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Chinese_history
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I guess from archaeology studies
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records dating back that far or more - must be a big filing cabinet
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I think actually, uh.....historians claim that Chinese civilization is five thousand years old...
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The same as us in the US, claiming that George Washington was our first President and The Declaration of Independence was dated the 4th of July 1776. Historical records..You can believe it or not.
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They have all kinds of historical and archaeological records for that.Of course Chinese is one of the 5 oldest languages on the earth.The other four are Latin,Hebrew,Sanskrit and Tamil.
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Pots, literature (written on bamboo before paper), stories, bones, etc. Honey, believe it :)
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