Chinese textual culture: the invention of paper
Periods of Chinese history that appear in the video:
The asterisk (*) in the English subtitles indicates the name of a historical period. Please refer to the following list of Chinese period names as well as to Step1.3 “East Asian History at a Glance”.- Zhou dynasty (1046-256 B.C.E).
- Warring States (480-221 B.C.E.)
- Qin (221-206 B.C.E.)
- Han (206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.)
- Later Han (25-220 C.E.)
- Jin dynasty (265-420)
- Northern and Southern Dynasties (439-589)
Keywords introduced in the video
Sino-Japanese Interactions Through Rare Books

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