The Chinese civilization is probably the longestlived of modern civilizations, second generally, perhaps, only to Egyptian, and maybe Sumerian ones it has existed since 2000 BCE. And although during this huge period of time Chinese culture and statehood were changing, the basic principles, pillars, thanks to which the Chinese Empire was created, and on which China can be said to stand to this day, were formed before the Common Era, just by the time of the creation of the empire. What are these pillars? How and when were they formed? In this video through the history of ancient China I will try to explain how and why China became China, and what China is, as well as try to repeat the history of its creation using the game Imperator: Rome with the mod TerraIndomita.

Links:
Patreon page:   / synthist  
Terra Indomita: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...

00:00 Introduction
01:40 Fall of Shang and rise of Zhou
04:59 Mandate of Heaven
09:45 Decline of Zhou
14:20 Qin and legalism
21:09 Rise of Qin
26:14 Qin's wars of unification
29:38 Reforms of China's first emperor
34:45 The tyranny of the emperor
37:33 Fall of Qin
39:07 Rise of Han and of Confucianism
45:37 Conclusion