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Changes And Continuities In Ancient China

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In 2016, China's population was at about 1,383 million people. The Chinese economy has experienced amazing growth over the last few decades that led China to have the world's second largest economy (after the United States of America).

The ancient Romans and Greeks called ancient China `Seres', which means 'the land where silk comes from', because of China's fabled Silk road. The Silk Road was a trade route that ran from Europe to China that merchants used to trade goods like spices and a rare good, Chinese silk, that was made from the silk of silkworms.

China has had 14 dynasties (or the era of one family that ruled), they are:
The first was the Xia dynasty, which lasted for about 500 and over that timespan there were 17 rulers over China.
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