HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
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There is not enough archaeological evidence
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There was no real emperor
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It did exist ____ what are you talking about
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Although China has recorded history of Xia dynasty, it was written a thousand years after the fact, so there are naturally doubts about how much of that was factual. More importantly, there is no archaeological evidence to support the written records of Xia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Debate Over the Existence of the Xia Dynasty There is much debate among scholars about how much of this mythology is true. Many argue that the Zhou Dynasty, which ruled China much later, invented the idea of the Xia Dynasty to support their claim that China could only be, and had always been, ruled by one ruler.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Shang is the second dynasty of the Three Dynasties Period. Legends speak of the earlier Xia dynasty, but no written records from that time have been found to confirm this.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some historians think that the Xia Dynasty is just part of Chinese mythology and never really existed. The sixth king of the Xia, Shao Kang, is credited with starting the tradition of ancestor worship in China. The longest ruling king of the Xia was Bu Jiang. He is also considered one of the Xia’s wisest rulers.