Give the credit to these guys, I just embellished a bit. Defining Chu: Image and Reality in Ancient China is a fantastic book if you're curious about them.Very cool worldbuilding!
Give the credit to these guys, I just embellished a bit. Defining Chu: Image and Reality in Ancient China is a fantastic book if you're curious about them.Very cool worldbuilding!
Very interesting stuff, but I was still quite hoping for a megastructure that would last![]()
Well, the China of this TL will, I think, focus more on stuff that actually matters (read: philosophy, military, etc) than something like the pyramids. As I've said the Central Plain is still going to dominate China, and the Central Plain of the Neolithic has often been called relatively practical compared to the Yangtze cultures.
The central plain of china will obviously be the civilization's center.
However, are these areas capable of spawning other civilizations (or significant cultures in general)?
-Manchurian plain
-Valley of Khabarovsk
-Vladivostok bay
Plenty of places close to china like Korea and Japan developed Chinese-influenced civilizations otl but the areas I referenced didn't. will there be any change in this TL?
I think the proto-Korean civilisation was originally centred around Liaodong Peninsula but later moved southeast into the peninsula. So that might count actually.
It seems that women are influential in the elite Shijiahe priestly caste (which is OTL in China and Korea) - what is the role of women generally during the Terminal Neolithic ITTL and during the transition to the Chalcolithic/Bronze Age?
Also, given what you say about city councils becoming an important organ of government, will the city-state become a recognized concept in parts of China? Will there be a Sumer-like city-state period along one of the rivers during the recovery from the 4.2-kiloyear event?
Can you say it again?My question wasn't answered.