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How Old Is Chinese Civilization?
By: guest78 Date: July 1, 2022, 12:39 am
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How Old Is Chinese Civilization? - Ancient Civilizations
DOCUMENTARY
[quote]The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary
series on the ancient civilizations continues with a video on
the Shang and Zhou dynasties, as we try to deduce ho old Chinese
civilization is.[/quote]
(HTM) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BXpsbSQFKg
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Re: Turanian diffusion
By: antihellenistic Date: April 10, 2024, 9:30 am
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Fellow "Turanians" proud on their Cruelty
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Re: How Old Is Chinese Civilization?
By: 90sRetroFan Date: April 10, 2024, 3:21 pm
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Imperialism =/= colonialism. Chinese imperialism was
consistently integrationist throughout history:
(HTM) https://trueleft.createaforum.com/mythical-world/yandi-vs-huangdi-myth-confirmed/msg17310/#msg17310
in contrast to Western colonial empires. The mainstream
"academics" criticized by Duchesne for praising the non-Western
ancient empires (as well as Roman) understand this. Duchesne
does not, nor does the tweeter he is quoting. You yourself seem
confused about this.
See also:
(HTM) https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-false-left/true-left-breakthrough-folkish-imperialism/
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Re: Arctic alliance
By: antihellenistic Date: May 2, 2024, 12:17 am
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Evolution of Northern Turanism, Adopting Western Civilization
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Re: Re: Arctic alliance
By: 90sRetroFan Date: May 2, 2024, 2:01 am
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Engineering =/= machinism. Ancient Chinese were good at
engineering in the sense of infrastructure:
(HTM) https://news.wef.org/discovering-an-ancient-hydraulic-system-rewrites-chinese-engineering-history/
(See also:
(HTM) https://trueleft.createaforum.com/mythical-world/aryan-hydraulic-empire/<br
/>)
but this has nothing to do with machines which is what the
illiterate enemy tweeter is incorrectly using the term
"engineering" to refer to. Ancient Turanians, in contrast, did
not bother with long-term infrastructure due to their nomadism.
Engineering helped defend against Turanian raiders since
prehistory:
(HTM) https://trueleft.createaforum.com/mythical-world/aryan-fortifications/msg3132/#msg3132
and of course later:
(HTM) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China
[quote]The Great Wall of China (traditional Chinese:
萬里長城; simplified Chinese:
万里长城; pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng,
literally "ten thousand li long wall") is a series of
fortifications that were built across the historical northern
borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as
protection against various nomadic groups from the Eurasian
Steppe. Several walls were built from as early as the 7th
century BC,[4] with selective stretches later joined by Qin Shi
Huang (220–206 BC), the first emperor of China.[/quote]
Engineering:
[quote]Before the use of bricks, the Great Wall was mainly built
from rammed earth[/quote]
(HTM) https://www.designboom.com/cms/images/erica/---luanda/luanda09.gif
(HTM) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rammed_earth#Characteristics
[quote]Edifices of rammed earth are more sustainable and
environmentally friendly than other building techniques that use
more cement and other chemicals. Because rammed-earth edifices
use locally available materials, they usually have low embodied
energy and generate very little waste.[citation needed] The
soils used are typically subsoil which conserve the topsoil for
agriculture. When the soil excavated in preparation for a
foundation can be used, the cost and energy consumption of
transportation are minimal.[8] Rammed earth is probably the
least environmentally detrimental construction material and
technique that is readily and commercially available today to
construct solid edifices. [citation needed] Rammed earth has
potentially low manufacturing impact, contingent on the amount
of cement and the amount that is locally sourced; it is often
quarried aggregates rather than "earth".
Rammed earth can contribute to the overall energy efficiency of
edifices: the density, thickness, and thermal conductivity of
rammed earth render it an especially suitable material for
passive solar heating. Warmth requires almost 12 hours to be
conducted through a wall 35 cm (14 in) thick.[6]
Mixing cement with the soil can counteract sustainable benefits
such as low embodied energy because manufacture of the cement
itself creates 1.25 tonnes of carbon dioxide per tonne of cement
produced.[9] Although it has low greenhouse gas emissions in
theory, transportation and the production of cement can add
significantly[quantify] to the overall emissions of modern
rammed earth construction.[/quote]
Superior Aryan alternative to cement:
(HTM) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky_rice_mortar
[quote]Around 500 CE, sticky rice soup was mixed with slaked
lime to make an inorganic−organic composite mortar that
had more strength and water resistance than lime mortar.[1][2]
Sticky rice played a major role in maintaining the durability of
the Great Wall, as well as tombs, pagodas, and city walls.[3]
Sticky rice mortar had high adhesive strength, sturdiness,
waterproofing capability, and prevented weeds from growing as
crude mortar made of sticky rice and burnt lime created a seal
between bricks that would rival modern cement in strength.
...
Great Wall sections were widely built with bricks, with lime
mortar and sticky rice used to reinforce the bricks strongly
enough to resist earthquakes and modern bulldozers while keeping
the building intact.[/quote]
Regressive engineering FTW!
See also:
(HTM) https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/dress-decolonization/msg13140/#msg13140<br
/>(part about buttons)
(HTM) https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/dress-decolonization/msg13158/#msg13158
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Re: How Old Is Chinese Civilization?
By: rp Date: May 2, 2024, 2:26 am
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Civil Engineering is the original engineering field. All other
fields (mechanical, chemical, metallurgical, electrical,
electronics, and computer) should have and would have never
existed without western civilization. Even mechanical is fine so
long as it is making automatons and not machinery (industrial
revolution), but all the other fields are superfluous.
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