CHINA: 5,000 years of history in 100 minutes

CHINA: 5,000 years of history in 100 minutes. Imagine a country that invented gunpowder, but used it for fireworks rather than conquest. A civilization that could have discovered America seventy years before Columbus, but voluntarily abandoned its maritime voyages. An empire ruled by the only female emperor in history, and whose last monarch ended his days as a simple gardener. This is the story of a people who survived the invasion of Genghis Khan and the Cultural Revolution, famine and prosperity, centuries of isolation and a meteoric rise into space. A country where ancient hieroglyphs coexist with quantum computers, and the philosophy of Confucius helps build twenty-first-century socialism. Welcome to the wondrous world of the Middle Kingdom – this is the history of China. #history #documentaryhistory #china #HistoryofChina