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Ti Hua Ji: World’s earliest computer is a silk loom built in China 2000 years ago

As China’s largest official scientific body, CAST’s claim to the world’s earliest computer is a big deal. It comes at a time ...
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Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) and the "Silk Road"

Liu Bang established the powerful Han Dynasty in 206 BC During the Han Dynasty, agriculture, handicrafts and commerce flourished, and the population reached 50 million. During his reign (140-87 BC), ...

2,000-year-old machine found in western China tomb could be a binary computer: authorities

Sophisticated silk-weaving loom dating back to the Western Han dynasty used physical pattern cards which acted like ancient software.
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Szu-chou Chih-Lu : H'an Tang chih-wu = The Silk Road : fabrics from the Han to the T'ang Dynasty / edited by the Museum of the Sinkiang-Uighur Autonomous Region and the Group ...

Translation of the introduction and list of illustrations prepared by China Books & Periodicals. Accompanying material in back pocket. SZUCHOU CHIHLU : HAN TANG CHIHWU = THE SILK ROAD : FABRICS FROM ...
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Go West, young Han: How China and the new Silk Road threaten American imperialism

This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch. November 18, 2014: it’s a day that should live forever in history. On that day, in the city of Yiwu in China’s Zhejiang province, 300 kilometers south of ...