Cultural Relics and Geography — A Series of Cultural Relics and Science in China

Author: Zhu Lingling
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Publish Date: 2000-04-01
Features: This book takes cultural relics as the main thread, combining underground archaeological discoveries and surface remains in China with historical documents. It systematically explores the relationship between the ancestors of the Chinese people and the geographical environment from five aspects:
1. The geographical environment that supported the survival of ancient Chinese humans;
2. The selection and transformation of the geographical environment by humans in prehistoric times;
3. The regional overview after the formation of the unified multi-ethnic nation;
4. The environmental creation on the land of China;
5. Ancient Chinese cartography, which was ahead of the world.
Thus, it vividly outlines the process by which the ancestors of the Chinese nation adapted to, utilized, and transformed the geographical environment.