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Was China considered the "centre of the world"?


   Was China considered the "centre of the world"?


  galaxaura
 3/30/09
 

 Was China considered the "centre of the world"?

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  JordPwn
 3/30/09
 

 The ruling dyansty in 1045 BC - the Zhou Dynasty - presumed CHina to be the centre of the world hence gave it the name - Zhongguo

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  lasrus
 3/30/09
 

 Zhongguo has been adopted as the official abbreviation of China.

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  Owenbomar
 10//09
 

 But zhongguo is longer than china?!

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