Four ancient kingdoms
China, as the only surviving country among the four ancient civilizations, has its own strength, and there have been many civilizations in human history, and they have broadened the boundaries of human cognition with their own efforts, but these civilizations have been submerged in the long river of history in the later period.
The four ancient civilizations are ancient Egypt, ancient Babylon and ancient India, and China, which are the dawn of early human civilization and the guiding light of the rest of the world.
But three other countries except China have disappeared from history, so why china has not disappeared but has continued to this day, an American scholar also told us the answer.
The demise of the ancient kingdom
The disappearance of ancient Egypt is a regret of mankind, and the first thing that comes to mind when we mention ancient Egypt is definitely the pyramids and deserts. But in fact, the ancient Egypt in history is not a place where the desert spreads, this land is a place of water and grass, ancient Egypt is close to the river, the local water resources are very abundant and very suitable for crop growth.
Ancient Egyptian civilization is very advanced, Egyptian pyramids have not collapsed after thousands of years after many natural disasters, from this civilization we can also see the strength of the Egyptians.
The decline of ancient Egypt is directly related to ancient Rome, when ancient Rome launched an invasion of the surrounding areas, they did not spare Egypt, which was so culturally prosperous, and Egypt was the opponent of Rome's well-trained soldiers, and eventually the Egyptian dynasty was conquered by Rome.
The ancient Romans were also influenced by Egyptian culture after the invasion of Egypt, when the ancient Egyptian civilization had not yet completely disintegrated, and many years later the Arab Empire once again conquered the land of Egypt, and the Arabs were not as good at talking as the ancient Romans.
They forced the locals to learn From Arabian culture, and they forced them to convert to Islam, and under the blows of the Arabs, ancient Egyptian culture slowly withdrew from the stage of history.
Ancient Indian civilization was also very prosperous, because the Indian region is mainly dominated by plateaus and plains, where there is a lot of land suitable for farming, so this land developed agriculture earlier, and the development of agriculture also led to the development of the Indian population.
The Indians began to immerse themselves in the study of culture after they had eaten, and they not only appeared literature earlier, but even religious beliefs appeared earlier, but then the Aryans came to this land and invaded them. Ancient Indian civilization also slowly disappeared after wave after wave of invaders.
The culture of ancient Babylon was also very prosperous, it is known as the cradle of Western civilization, and ancient Babylon is the first place in the West where fairy tales and epics appeared.
Just like the pyramids of ancient Egypt, ancient Babylon once also appeared in the hanging garden, the hanging garden is known as one of the seven wonders of the world, the hanging garden is supported by pillars, from a distance as if it is suspended in the air as very beautiful, people in order to water the flowers and plants in the garden also invented a set of irrigation devices, this building is all showing the wisdom of the ancient Babylonians.
Moreover, the earliest written legal codes appeared in ancient Babylon, but later after the death of Hamrabi, the kingdom began to decline. Under the aggression of the Persian Empire, the glory of the country was gone.
The miracle of China
We can see that the reason why these countries have fallen is because they have been invaded by other civilizations, and the reason why China has not fallen is also related to this.
American scholars believe that the reason why Chinese civilization has not ceased for thousands of years is because of the emergence of Qin Shi Huang - because Qin Shi Huang unified the country, and it is precisely because Qin Shi Huang completed the great unification that the mainland can change from a small feudal country to a powerful country.
As the saying goes, unity is strength, and if China did not have great unification and still existed as a small country divided as before, then once other civilizations invaded us, we would easily lose.
After the completion of the great reunification of the mainland, every time we encounter a foreign aggressor invading the mainland, we can use the manpower and material resources of the whole country to jointly resist the harm caused to us by other countries.
Although it is said that the mainland will be divided for a long time, and it will be united for a long time, and there have been many times in history, and there has been a split and a reunification, our country still mainly regards reunification as the norm, so our country has sufficient coping capabilities in the face of aggression by other ethnic minorities and other countries.
China's unification and unity is not only about unifying the people in China, China's unification is a culture, it is a kind of tolerance, whether it is the rule of the Yuan Dynasty or the rule of the Qing Dynasty, we can digest the culture of these other ethnic groups very well.
epilogue:
Chinese culture is like a melting pot with great inclusiveness, which can contain foreign cultures and melt foreign cultures.
It is precisely by relying on such a broad core that Chinese culture has been able to stand on the world stage for thousands of years.