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Excerpt from Dave Raymond's Modernity, available for purchase from Compass Classroom http://bit.ly/modernity4u - How did Jesuit Missionaries impact China? What was their role in making the area what it is today? Find out in this sample...

A late-18th century map of the South China Sea. Drawn by Rigobert Bonne and G. Raynal

A Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) illustration showing pirates attacking merchant ships in the South China Sea. From the Qing Scroll. (Maritime Museum, Hong Kong)

Artist's impression of a palace scene in Zhou Dynasty China. Created by Amplitude Studios for the video game Humankind.

A map illustrating possible sea routes used for political and cultural embassies from ancient Japan to Tang Dynasty China.

This video describes various aspects of China's religious history.

Map of China showing the Wu Zetian's empire c. 700 CE.

The stone stele stands in front of the wall of the One Thousand Characters of Happiness near the entrance to the Great Wall of China. The 1,000 Characters of Happiness is a fascinating display which reminds visitors of the many reasons to...

Knife money of the Warring States period retained some features of the real tools, including the ring and the strengethening ridges on the handle. The States in the north and north-east issued knife money. 1. Zhao State, circa 500 BCE...

Mao's Garden at the Great Wall of China. The reflecting pool in the center represents eternity while the flowers in bloom around it symbolize people's lives on earth which appear to make the world beautiful and then fade and die and are replaced...