In February 1912, ancient China came to an.... : Quote by Mark Kurlansky

“ In February 1912, ancient China came to an end when the last of three millennia of Chinese emperors abdicated.Imagine twentieth-century Italy coming to terms with the fall of the Roman empire or Egypt with the last pharaoh abdicating in 1912. For China, the last century has been a period of transition - dramatic change and perpetual revolution. ”

Mark Kurlansky
  • From : Salt: A World History
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