The Creation of China Explained

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We will look at the creation of China. We start by looking at the Yellow River Civilization and how they spread to the Yang Tze River Basin. How the people formed a unified ethnic group called the Han Chinese. From there we look at the creation of the very first dynasty, the Shang Dynasty. How it was replaced with the Zhou Dynasty, and how it dissolved into the Warring States Period.
We then focus on the start of the Chinese Iron Age. And how it allowed the State of Qin to grow into one of the powerful states at the end of the Warring States Period.
We then follow the life of Qin Shi Huang, or Ying Zheng, how he was called at birth. We talk about how they conquered the other 6 states of the Zhao, Wei, Qi, Han, Chu, and Yan. And we look at how the Qin state unified China under the Qin Dynasty.
From there we look at how they unified Chines language, Chinese writing, and Chinese bureaucracy. And how it became an early centralized state.
After Qin the Chinese Empire collapsed and we see the emergence of the Han Dynasty.
Credits
- Research: Mrs Scope
- Animation: Petra Lilla Marjai
- Audio: Seb. Soto
- Writing and Voice Over: Avery from History Scope
Social Media
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Sources
Websites
www.britannica.com/topic/Qin-...
www.khanacademy.org/humanitie...
www.worldhistory.org/Warring_...
core.ac.uk/reader/81146530
Books
J. Clements (2019) A Brief History of China. Tuttle Publishing. North Clarendon.
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@Telopead 3 дня назад

Correction. Qin Shi Huang according to many historians did NOT burn book because of revisionary history. Instead he burned books because of ideological conflict between Confuciusism vs Legalism. During the Warring States era, Confucius teaching was popular because it preached the value that benefits nobility. And you can guess why Qin people hated it. Also, they didn’t burn all the books, nor kill all the scholars. They confiscated books and burned copies. And killed those scholars who pushed hard for Confucianism. The books that Qin Shi Huang didn’t burn, got burned by the rebel leader Xiangyu after Qin fell. Because Shi Huang put them all in one place in a palace. And btw although Qin eventually fell because of those fed up nobles(almost all of the rebel factions were led by toppled feudal lords, and the rest were mere opportunists who tried to capitalize on the chaos). The successor of Qin, Han dynasty was also largely a legalist state. It was KNOWN that Liu Bang, the founder of Han, took a lot of Qin government documents and books when he conquered the capital. And most of Han policies were just milder version of what Qin had. And BTW Liu Bang, a fugitive who eventually founded Han dynasty, joined the rebels only because his mates in the hometown wanted a scapegoat. The mayor of the town was worried that rebels would come for him, so his adviser came up with the idea to fake rebel so the rebels wouldn’t kill them. And they needed someone other than themselves in case Qin won, so they thought of Liu Bang. Upon the return of Liu Bang to the town, the mayor got cold feet, the adviser sought to kill the mayor and pushed to elect Liu as their leader. I mean, think about it. Of all the prominent local families, everyone agreed to elect a fugitive who’s been running in a mountain for years to be a leader… and the death of the mayor was definitely an inside job because Liu Bang was locked out of the city gate atm.

@HistoryScope 3 дня назад

I'm pinning this comment because I think it's a very good critique. I had to cut down the section on book burning quite a lot. I think we'll cover some of this in a future video if we do a full series.

@lohema7827 27 дней назад

I DEMAND A COMPLETE CHINESE DYNASTY SERIES

@moonshot3159 27 дней назад

demand rejected

@redhead8255 27 дней назад

yes same

@CHUOMSQUAD 27 дней назад

We demand

@reinhardheinzwarfelr8215 27 дней назад

Video lenght : 20 hours

@Flutyik_47 27 дней назад

The History of China... MUST... BE... PRESENTED

@ucan1 27 дней назад

I am leaving this comment here so that after some hours, days, weeks, months or years when someone likes or comment on it, I will be reminded to watch this video again

@NapoleanBlown-aparte 27 дней назад

Its been 5 hours watch the video ya goon

@user-qk5mm1yw7y 27 дней назад

Its been 8 hours watch the video ya goon

@MarkMaster123 26 дней назад

Its been 12 hours watch the video ya goon

@NoNo-di4sf 26 дней назад

Its been 14 hours watch the video ya goon

@AndresSanchez-bi7bn 26 дней назад

Its been 16 hours watch the video ya goon

@MrHyde1908 27 дней назад

I'd love to hear more history concerning Chinese history. I don't think enough people learn about World history, and with how prevalent China was/is on the global scale, learning more concerning their history and experiences is a personally exciting venture.

@MustardAndFries 27 дней назад

China was not actually prevalent on a global scale until modernity, you could argue the colonization of China made it important for other countries but China itself was a regional player for most of its history.

@AfghanPoppies 26 дней назад

@@MustardAndFriesNot exactly.. much of old world history revolves around China, albeit indirectly. From the XiongNu - Huns contributing to the fall of the Romans, to the Mongol invasion and Black Death, to African trade networks, to the European exploration age (in order to find new trade routes to China, circumnavigating the Persians). Globalization itself is a very recent phenomenon, but China's influence on the world is probably the closest thing we've seen.

@MustardAndFries 26 дней назад

@@AfghanPoppies none of this expressly deals with the Chinese state itself.

@fargr5926 24 дня назад

@@MustardAndFriesI think his wording is quite accurate. Influence doesn’t need direct China state involvement, but China’s state/dynasties has been well aware of their role in global trading since long time ago. Silk porcelain teas, all products were under state supervision and organization since long long ago.

@male19-ye9fg 23 дня назад

@@MustardAndFriesThe world you are referring to is only the Western world, but in ancient times the West was the edge of the world. Because it is too developed, China itself is the center of the world

@kianakaslana1210 25 дней назад

Not only Confucius, Shang Yang is definitely one of the most important figure in Chinese history. With his legalism policies, he with Qin monarchs had made Qin from a backwater country into the strongest warring state and then finally united China. And Qin Shi Huang is no doubt the greatest emperor in Chinese history because his work had laid a sturdy foundation for Chinese civilization

@user-je7cs6tj5c 16 дней назад

In fact, from the map, Qin is not the most isolated kingdom. In terms of geographical location, Qin's location is quite ideal. First of all, Qin only needs to guard against Wei in the east. The west and north of Qin are relatively backward. Tribal residents, the south of Qin State is separated from the powerful Chu State by the ancient and neutral Shu State and Ba State. Shu State, Ba State and Qin State have long-term trade cooperation relations, but due to changes in Qin State's economic policy , refused to obtain the rice produced by Shu through purchase, and attempted to control Shu through military power to obtain lower-cost rice, thus opening up the route for Chu to attack Qin. The excessive desire of the king of Qin made Qin Citizens were under great threat and had to embark on a militaristic plan of aggression.

@hidefreek6905 16 дней назад

He did but he made two fatal mistakes that ruined all that his clan built. 1. He didn't pick a proper successor. This means the empire will guarantee turmoil when he's dead or temporarily out of power. And that's happening. (He's very paranoid and fears his eldest son because from the record...His eldest son was from the state of chu linage and had many political views that contrasted with his) 2. Use over used his authority. His unification creates a concept of divine authority which during that time no one knew how exactly it worked and what the terrifical outcome it could bring. I mean...Well, labour for one month wasn't bad but the work that guarantees your death before you reach the destination is much more terrifying. In ancient time, people usually died from starvation and sickness when outside that climate. Qin forced relocation of the population to prevent rebellion causing massive casualties among the population, then forcing entire male in the village to travel to some desolate area to die was a big no. And Qin Shi Huang was drunk on his power and did a lot of unreasonable things. Those who can's do it will die but if you can get the emperor favour, you can survive. That's a problem for sure

@kianakaslana1210 13 дней назад

@@hidefreek6905u miss the thing is Qin Shi Huang was the FIRST Emperor of united China. And he was undoubtedly making mistakes along the way because there was nothing he could rely on from history. Qin Shi Huang and his court almost built everything from scratches for the united China. But no doubt majority of his policies had worked because China today was built based on his foundation.

@hidefreek6905 13 дней назад

That's why caution and patience come in handy. The first yes. But no one dare to challenge him during his reign but what about after that? Build an empire must do step by step. (Like many people said Rome wasn't build in a day) Same as Qin conquest. Qin Shihuang nearly unleashed what his ancestors built upon his enemy. So his role in the conquest was low. Then, what about his administration? Indeed, effective but also not at the same time. In history, Qin Shihuang had very bad upbringing and he himself had mental illness. Born among carnibals, his mother intended to kill him and ruin Qin's destint. His only friend wanted to kill him and his father-in-law betrayed him at the peak of Qin unification of China. All of these affect his mental state during his reign. And he no longer listen to anyone. When the time the people can't talk directly to the leader and must see his face and emotion before anything else. That nation is halfway to its doom already.

@MrPathorock 9 дней назад

Not civilization, but the foundation as ine unified and centralized kindom

@CrimsonIsDevious 27 дней назад

Kendrick and history scope dropping in the same week that’s crazy

@IrrelevantPride 27 дней назад

Truly blessed week

@Loumiya 27 дней назад

A full series would be incredible cool

@marcinkanski2878 27 дней назад

okay a slight little (i hope) constructive criticism that came to my mind, the 1st few minutes seem to suggest that the Han ethnic identity was universal to all peoples of the yellow river valley from the get go, which as far as i know was not the case. Han being so dominant is only a later development of politics within the region. I think saying "(...)they started to develop their own ethnicities, chineese ethnicities one of which is (some flowery sentence if u will) Han(...)" and later the video could go on as it does. Imo it would save people that little bit of confusion... but it could just be me. aside from that little thing great video!

@alexv3357 27 дней назад

Hell, a lot of people now called Han wouldn't have been considered so even as recently as the Qing Dynasty. The very idea of an ethnic Han identity as opposed to a cultural one based on language, education, religion, and lifestyle is largely a late-19th-century nationalist retcon rather than long-established reality.

@alexhabegger4096 27 дней назад

11:20 11:23

@johnlacey3857 26 дней назад

@@alexv3357What is a retcon?

@alexv3357 26 дней назад

@@johnlacey3857 Retroactive continuity. A re-explaining of something at a later date. It's a commonly-used word in fandoms for when a franchise changes or clarifies something after the fact in later seasons or movies, especially as a way of smoothing out plot inconsistencies. Nationalists around the world do this when they create narratives of their nations, since no nation period existed before the age of mass literacy and mass transportation. Nations are not the same as cultures or societies or states in general, but rather a specific arrangement of standardised (hence national) institutions across the whole of a state's territory, including a standardisation of language and religion and so on. Saying that one's nation has a proud history extending back thousands of years is a recasting of events in ways that the people who lived through those events would not necessarily understand or agree with.

@kushastea3961 26 дней назад

@@alexv3357 except this is just wrong? han as an ethnicity started to exist after han dynasty cuz during wuhuluanhua the huns and mongols and 3 other nomadic tribes invaded the started to kill chinese people based on their ethnicity aka han ethnicity. it's like how black is created as a race because white people needed a reason to enslave them aka a social construct.

@pixelpuppy 26 дней назад

I love that your videos cover the most important aspect of history that lots of high school history skips on - the WHY things happened. I wish these videos were available when I was in high school.

@SushiElemental 27 дней назад

Always dropping videos on my birthday, that's hype. Thanks! 🍫

@HistoryScope 8 дней назад

Of course, anything for sushi!

@csanfino283 27 дней назад

Awesome video, I always look forward to watching them!

@studynow3540 5 дней назад

We need the full series!! Thank you for making this video

@MrAlexkyra 26 дней назад

Fantastic video! I really enjoy your history content. And I absolutely would love a Chinese Dynasty series.

@anthonyleluika7240 15 дней назад

i love that history youtube isn’t afraid to make content about a subject that has been covered (specifically china) because all of them tell the story in a different way/perspective. also i want to hear all of this info again without watching the same video. (this sounds so back handed but being sincere and i love this video)

@aarondemiri486 26 дней назад

A series of top tier juicy history videos on Chinese dynasties sounds amazing.

@Somewhereinthisuniverse 27 дней назад

Thanks for your content man really informative ❤

@thebestcentaur 27 дней назад

Yeah, make this a series👏🏾✊🏾

@gabig9477 27 дней назад

HELL YEAH FOR THE CHINA SERIES!! ❤

@thomasfabis7338 27 дней назад

Great job! Please give us more!

@WensBlog 27 дней назад

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@@oussIt might be a lot for that guy. Have some compassion and respect.

@HistoryScope 26 дней назад

@@ouss Considering how bad inflation is in Argentina, that's probably a lot more money to them than it is to us in the west. So let's not judge other people for their donations.

@Joe-Mama978 27 дней назад

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@AdityaMehendale 27 дней назад

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@thebestcentaur 27 дней назад

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@thomasjohnson2862 27 дней назад

Yeah new History Scope video!! History Scope rocks

@MythicTales993 21 день назад

Wow, what an amazing video! Thanks for making my day brighter.

@namedoesmatter 26 дней назад

PLEASE make a complete series!!!

@Corium1 27 дней назад

love your channel, you cover aspect of history I love to learn more about, but also cover history I haven't learn much about. definitely cover all of Chinese history!

@TheboyInPurple915 27 дней назад

Once again, your animators are talented.

@amtracks22 27 дней назад

You pronounced “Zhao” more or less correctly in this video, but the vowel in “Zhou” is pronounced more like “oh” like the name “Joe”

@HistoryScope 27 дней назад

Oh that's interesting! I couldn't find good pronunciations of Zhou and just used the one used in Avatar the last Airbender (for Admiral Zhao).

@zhubajie6940 26 дней назад

I youtubers people would simply use Google translate for foreign names we wouldn't have to repeatedly have to call this out. Pinyin words get pronunciations get so tortured.

@comradeofthebalance3147 26 дней назад

@@HistoryScopeGoogle translate?

@HistoryScope 26 дней назад

@@zhubajie6940 Unfortunately, I can't write in Mandarin. I instead google 'how to pronounce' followed by the word I want to pronounce. In the case of Zhou, it gave me the same as Zhao. As for google translate: it sounds like a badly put-together audio clip. Considering how terrible it's with English, Dutch, and German pronunciations, I don't trust it with anything else either.

@HistoryScope 26 дней назад

@@comradeofthebalance3147 see my previous comment, please :)

@mooveegal 23 дня назад

I’ve tried watching Chinese history YT videos before and failed. All the names and changes and details were hard to follow without serious focus. Your video of the same complexity is clear and fascinating that kept me captive to learn and be entertained. Have given the Like for yes to the series of the dynasties please!

@KeefeL 23 дня назад

Probably should have Googled how to pronounce the single word names though...

@b1gfish999 27 дней назад

This was great! I really enjoyed this video!

@havencat9337 5 дней назад

very cool! do the log version!

@farcydebop7982 27 дней назад

Nice stuff, keep up the good work.

@hiradnisari День назад

great work

@johane4764 15 дней назад

So happy to see a new video!

@davehilty4800 21 час назад

I vote for full series as well

@harku123 25 дней назад

I love your videos, been watching for about 2 years. Chinese history is complicated as heck so well done on making this. I hope to see more just like your aztec series

@tonyfriendly4409 14 дней назад

This was a quality video, from the script, the narration, and the animation. You have a new subscriber, and I shall watch your career with great interest.

@michelmurr1949 27 дней назад

Very interesting video I was waiting for someone to upload a comprehensive yet simple video diving into chinese history. Thank you and hope you get the necessary likes 👍

@zacsayer1818 27 дней назад

Bravo, great work Avery!

@abdullahaanawaleh 2 дня назад

Fantastic video! Looking forward to the Han dynasty video!

@henryzhang9625 25 дней назад

Please make full series!!

@01ai01 18 дней назад

Great video, thanks Avery.

@sweetdreamslydia 26 дней назад

absolutely loved this !! please make more china related content

@HemKusum-sy6mj 2 дня назад

More videos please. Excellent effort 🎉❤

@azeuster2171 27 дней назад

Thank u lord history scopes for dropping new heat again

@patrickmateka5068 24 дня назад

Make this a series :)))

@_Umni_ 7 дней назад

Thanks so much scope, Chinese history can get very confusing when researching so I really love this video!

@nelsonperez9546 27 дней назад

Just want to say thank you for citing your sources i see and appreciate that

@supernovano1 23 дня назад

Thanks for this amazing video! I've been following you for a few years and these videos are always a treat. Many more thanks for uploading them so often now :)! I'd love to see a next one. Maybe an idea: it might be interesting to create a similar video on the history of the Indian subcontinent. I think there is a lot of history there that most people in the west have no clue about.

@viniciussousadiniz4623 27 дней назад

This video was so cool! More people should know about why china is the way it is today by studying their history, i personally never studied this topic in school MORE CHINA

@TheHajinator 10 дней назад

Series needed

@roryburch861 27 дней назад

This was such an amazing video

@nothing2419 27 дней назад

nice work

@DYNB 14 дней назад

Great and very thorough video. We learn very little about the history of China here in Holland, so a series about the entire history of China would be very nice!

@alanw1775 24 дня назад

i only recently learned that, before qin's wars of unification and especially han dynasty, each chinese state used a slightly different writing system, but closely related to each other. even today, many various dialects across china are mutually unintelligible, making them almost like different languages but with the same written language, thanks to this guy qin shi huang. thanks for explaining how it all began

@Mrchengpeng 22 дня назад

中国在几千年前统一了文字所以中国不管怎么分裂最终都会再次统一

@alanw1775 21 день назад

yep, china unified the writing system in 221 bc, so 2244 years ago, but before that, there was no unified writing system, in fact there was no china, but a collection of various warring chinese states. similar to classical ancient greeks in my mind

@hthomas4993 27 дней назад

fav topic fr!!!!

@Muzui 26 дней назад

18:00 BGM:帝女花(Perish in the Name of Love, Princess Cheung Ping, or The Flower Princess)

@Dangurt 5 дней назад

Liked and subbed, MORE CHINA!!!

@phantom6man 23 дня назад

I like that Yes Minister line, it is very true indeed. "Power goes with permanence. Sir Humphrey: Impermanence is impotence. Sir Arnold: And rotation is castration."

@sheagirl55 20 дней назад

Yes please create a series

@mundoddl 6 дней назад

Make it a series ❤️❤️❤️

@Jadeschannel255 26 дней назад

Nice!

@FxTR22 27 дней назад

Amazing video

@MyCoolDays 24 дня назад

Yea need that series

@moch770 10 дней назад

Please make a full China series!

@spring37439 7 дней назад

Excellent video with very clear logic

@SunYat-sen 16 дней назад

This video is so awesome!!!! Ancient Chinese history is truly fascinating

@alihasanabdullah7586 8 дней назад

Those army numbers are crazy, especially for the time period.

@iwantsifegold 21 день назад

Yes make a series

@RossHbn 26 дней назад

Excellent video!

@rozkaz661 27 дней назад

Lets go! I would love more china content

@pasteque6605 20 дней назад

Chinese history is extremely interesting and this video is of the highest quality. Thank you !

@Mohammedbouziani_29 27 дней назад

I really like your content so much continue ❤ your brother from morocco

@Kevin-cm5kc 27 дней назад

I would definitely love to see a china series. Even as a history nerd, i know so little about china considering their importance

@MCPhatman 24 дня назад

Really want that complete chinese history series but to be fair I'd take anything you produce keep up the good work 👍🏿 Maar ja alsnog maak die china serie gewoon 😜

@17091ira0072 27 дней назад

series please

@danielating1316 27 дней назад

I love your content. I particularly love ancient Chinese culture.

@andrelagrutta7208 11 дней назад

Nice

@kaizermierkrazy6886 19 дней назад

Series?? Hell yes!

@AdityaMehendale 27 дней назад

I dropped a "like" (becaused I actually liked your presentation of the topic), and I'm sure you'll get 20k, but don't oblige yourself to make a follow-up video for this reason. Do it only if you deem the topic worthy. As on "Whose line is it anyway" - the likes don't matter. Geweldig, hoe je moeilijke onderwerpen in behapbare brokjes opdeelt. Kudos!

@feylezofriza 27 дней назад

Thanks!

@HistoryScope 27 дней назад

Thanks for the superlike!

@AbhyudayaSinh 24 дня назад

Very informative and entertaining ❤❤❤

@babthecookieman 27 дней назад

PLS DO PART 2

@VxV631 27 дней назад

SERIES PLEASE

@domino9697 27 дней назад

I would love a full series, I find Chinese history is very interesting

@mycel66 25 дней назад

we need that sequel !!!

@thomasknief9721 8 дней назад

Series! Series! Series!

@jaredstevens6645 27 дней назад

Favorite topic - commenting for algorithm

@gabrielespindola9472 21 день назад

What a great explanation

@HemKusum-sy6mj 2 дня назад

More videos on the rest of the dynasties, please. Some more videos on the introduction of Buddhism in China , please ❤

@chaosschnitzl7422 27 дней назад

Yes more videos please! China was a topic on my final exams in history, but we just started in 1800. I would realy like to know how it develioped in comparison to europe or the south american civilisazions at roman and medival times, or even before.

@Kaiser_von_Europa 25 дней назад

Yes!!! We need china series!!!!

@dendostar5436 26 дней назад

Cool.

@maxgong009 26 дней назад

Lol anyone come here after reading Kingdom.

@lanrebalogun437 12 дней назад

Yes!!! Funny how we’re still pretty early in the story after so many chapters.

@anathardayaldar 26 дней назад

Great summary. Other videos on China's history was like an unending list of chinese names and dates which had no meaning for me and I would quickly zone out.

@chipchop1888 27 дней назад

good video

@Ascalis1 27 дней назад

I've been waiting for this since Oversimplified dropped the War of the 3 Kingdoms vid

@hanwenyap 23 дня назад

A bit weirded out with the background music used around 18:10 mark. The tune is from 帝女花， a play inspired by the fall of the Ming dynasty circa 1643/44. Will be more relevant used when covering the fall of the Ming instead. Hong Kong's TVB has a rather enjoyable TV series on this play (though it has tons of historical inaccuracies). Apart from this, I've greatly enjoyed this video and I look forward to seeing more Chinese history!