The wording “Made in China” in recent yearsacquired a radically opposite meaning. Relatively recent low-end Chinese-made crafts have been replaced by high-quality and high-tech equipment, and China itself has again found itself in the cohort of great powers and dictates the conditions to the whole world, not for their region.
Since the human existencecivilization, the name of this country constantly emerged in connection with the achievements of this civilization itself. If at some stage of development an invention arose, one could have no doubt: the primary sources of the invention should be sought in China. The American continent, judging by the historical data, was settled by immigrants from this region, who went to the northeast, either on the ice, or through the isthmus that passed from Asia to America. When the Europeans drew the first maps, they not only did not know on which mainland China is located, they did not even hear the names of such a country.
The conquests of Alexander of Macedon increasedknowledge of Europeans about the world of that time. They learned that Persia is not the end of the world, the Persian silk is simply resold to Europe, and the silk producer, China, is located in the east. The goals of the Macedonian conquest — India and China — were never achieved. But the foundations of the silk road (from the East to the Mediterranean Sea), which was not yet Great, but was just emerging, appeared in the second century BC. The “golden age” of this backbone of the precious fabric came in the period from the sixth to the ninth century AD, when wars did not shake Asia. It would seem that with the establishment of the Mongol Empire in the territory of the entire Great Silk Road, trade volumes should soar. This happened for some time, but with the collapse of the Mongol Empire, the mention of this highway disappeared.
Chinese empires were built, decayed, thenagain, like the legendary phoenix, recovered from the ashes. They were conquered by external invaders, they exploded under the influence of internal tensions, but again and again they proved their worth. The great conqueror Genghis Khan understood that, no matter how vast the territories he possessed, the main gem of his empire would be China, fragmented into two states at that time. He conquered these states one by one and transferred these lands to the most worthy heir. Without the help of specialists from this country with a higher level of development, who formed entire engineering shelves, the brilliant conquering campaigns of the Mongols would have been impossible. But the empire of the greatest conqueror fell apart, and China, whose rulers assimilated with the local population, again began to rule in their region.
After the fall of the empire of Chingizids and up totwentieth century, China remained an empire. First, under the rule of the Ming dynasty, and after its overthrow by the regular Mongols - the Manchu invaders - the main was the Qing dynasty. After the first world tour, the Europeans finally found out on which mainland China is located. From the sixteenth century, sea expeditions of Europeans began to the east, because at the confluence of Europe and Asia, the Ottoman Empire emerged, which cut off possible land contact. Parts of China were conquered by the Portuguese, the British, the whole country was under occupation by Japan. Since 1912, the country from the empire became a republic, and from 1949 - a people's republic. Under the leadership of the great leader Mao in a country with a historical commitment to the imperial style, they tried to build communism. In our time, the name of the state has not changed - the People's Republic of China. But under this name all the same "Celestial Empire" is hidden.
If you look at our usual map of the world,pay attention to the fact that in the center of the map will be located Europe and the European part of Russia. The rest of the countries are on the sidelines, as if they are insignificant. Cards created in America, of course, choose the central axis. At the same time, Eurasia with such a projection often turns out to be torn into two parts. But the map of the world, published in the largest state in Asia, will never give doubt on which mainland China is located - on the largest, in Eurasia. And, although the territory of the country is significantly inferior in size to the Russian Federation, maps issued in the Middle Kingdom remove all doubts about the main country of the world.
You should not look in the question "where isChina Town? ”References to the ancient Eastern civilization. Although the origin of the name of this Moscow district has not yet been established, it is certain that it has nothing to do with the eastern country, the Chinese did not live at the time of the appearance of this region in Moscow.
