Humanities 1010 with Prof. Candyce Sweet

Super cool Google Arts & Culture that extensively explores the Forbidden City in Bejing.

Among the most representative objects in the collection are inscribed bronze ritual vessels from early China, beautifully crafted porcelain, and some of China's oldest surviving paintings on silk. The collection continues to be enhanced by contemporary acquisitions that demonstrate China's continued cultural vitality.

From the Met Museum

Visit the site for the Terracotta Army

From Google Arts & Culture. The Great Wall is the largest man-made project in the world. The complete route is over 20,000 km, stretching from the east seaside to the west desert in northern China, winding up and down across mountains and plateaus like a dragon. Take a virtal walk on the Great Wall of China, explore sections of the Wall, and discover more about its history and architecture.

From Google Arts & Culture and in collaboration with UNESCO Almaty regional office and the national museums of Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Explore a virtual gallery of cultural treasures and view artefacts from these countries.

Super awesome gallery giving you 60 outstanding museum artifacts demonstrating the cultural heritage of the Silk Roads from National Museums along the road.

This property is a 5,000 km section of the extensive Silk Roads network, stretching from Chang’an/Luoyang, the central capital of China in the Han and Tang dynasties, to the Zhetysu region of Central Asia. It took shape between the 2nd century BC and 1st century AD and remained in use until the 16th century, linking multiple civilizations and facilitating far-reaching exchanges of activities in trade, religious beliefs, scientific knowledge, technological innovation, cultural practices and the arts. The thirty-three components included in the routes network include capital cities and palace complexes of various empires and Khan kingdoms, trading settlements, Buddhist cave temples, ancient paths, posthouses, passes, beacon towers, sections of The Great Wall, fortifications, tombs and religious buildings.

In this second lecture on early East Asian civilization, follow the history from the Warring States Period through the Qin and Han dynasties. Along the way, examine many of Chinese culture's most important contributions to world history, including its legal codes, and the invention of paper and printing. (29 minutes)

In exploring the experience of women in imperial China, learn about the customs surrounding traditional married life, such as the painful practice of foot binding, the process of betrothal and marriage arrangements, the wedding festivities, and the duties and lifestyle of a wife. Also investigate the social ideal of the chaste widow and its shadow, the luxurious world of courtesans. (32 minutes)

Grasp the vital relationship in the medieval world between sophisticated, walled cities, and the rural peasants and serfs that supported their existence. Visit the three greatest cities of the early Middle Ages: Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire; Chang'an, the seat of China's Tang Dynasty; and the African kingdom of Aksum, a crossroads of trade, culture, and religions. (32 minutes)

A knowledge of China’s majestic empire is essential for any understanding of its present. Discover what daily life was like for government bureaucrats, scholars, women of the court, soldiers, merchants, craftspeople, emperors, concubines, poets, farmers, and many others - all set against the backdrop of the richness, the diversity, the genius, and the splendor of imperial China. 24 Episodes (12hr 33 min)