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A History of China
- Author: Wolfram Eberhard
- Year: 2006
- Pages: 446
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Modern research has not only demonstrated that all these accounts are inventions of a much later period, but has also shown why such narratives were composed. The older historical sources make no mention of any rulers before 2200 B.C., no mention even of their names.
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