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5 fast facts about Ancient China. Around 3,000 years ago, people in ancient China used "oracle bones" — tortoise shells or bones inscribed with Chinese writing — to predict the future.

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The Trung sisters freed ancient Vietnam from China’s Han dynasty. Read. This Chinese monk's epic, east-to-west travels rival Marco Polo's. History Magazine.

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