China is a major business and technology leader in the modern world, which makes it easy to forget that it also lays claim to one of the most ancient civilizations alive today. China can claim a contiguous history running back over 4000 years to the Xia Dynasty, and if you push even further back you’ll learn that paleolithic findings show that China has been inhabited by humans and their ancestors for at least 1.3 million years.
As a result of that long history, there are a lot of amazing archeological and historical sites in China, many of which are open (Read more...)