Chapter 57: Exploring the Problems and Difficulties of Prehistoric Civilizations
It is very difficult to explore the prehistoric civilization of mankind through the existing historical documents and knowledge, because the ready-made history is written by the ruling class of all dynasties, so history is an ode to the victors, a slander to the losers, a fig leaf and a drifting agent of history, not the reality of history. This cultural flaw has added unimaginable difficulty to the study of human prehistoric civilization.
In the history of more than 200 years from the 17th century to the present, Western society has entered the era of cultural awakening and industrial revolution, which has made Western civilization overwhelm Eastern civilization in terms of actual achievements and momentum, but in the long history of human beings in the past few thousand years or more, Western civilization has indeed had no historical achievements and historical records worth mentioning, that is to say, in the past human history, Europeans have never become the protagonists of human history, and Europe has never been the center of world civilization. In the long history of mankind, Europe was only a remote and bitter cold place, a place where people of all nationalities in the world fled from the famine and took refuge.
However, after the Western civilization overwhelmed the Eastern civilization, the Europeans became the ruling class of the world's peoples, so the Westerners wanted to rewrite history for themselves, so they looked for historical evidence from the libraries of the Islamists, from the historical sites of ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and ancient Egypt, and if they could not get satisfactory answers from these historical studies, they forged steles and statues, forged antique papyrus, parchment, clay tablets (modern scientific experiments have proved that these writing materials can only be in the natural environment, They have been preserved for decades and hundreds of years, so they cannot be historical relics left thousands of years ago) and other prehistoric pseudo-documents, Sumerian kings' watches, Egyptian kings' watches, Aristotelian manuscripts, etc., are all masterpieces of Western cultural hooligans. Therefore, if we learn about human prehistoric civilization from Western textbooks, we will fall into a bottomless cultural trap designed for us by Westerners.
Of course, there are also cases of whitewashing history in the Oriental civilization, and whoever wants to step onto the stage of human history, become the norm of human society, and become the leader of human civilization, the winner must rely on blood, not sweet words! In order for rulers to maintain their rule, "belittling others and exalting themselves" and "whitewashing themselves and smearing others" must be indispensable cultural means. Since this situation exists in both Eastern and Western civilizations, it is even more difficult to study human prehistoric civilizations.
At present, the traditional and orthodox historical outlook and historical knowledge of mankind are all after the European people launched the Age of Discovery and the era of the Industrial Revolution, Western archaeologists through archaeological excavations, from the incomplete and obscure documents and damaged cultural relics, they conceived a set of human prehistory according to their own needs, and wrote their full set of ideas into laws and textbooks, becoming a sacred and unchallengeable absolute authority, these distorted views of history have become the cornerstone of Western universal values, if anyone does not agree with their historical outlook and values, Who is their enemy.
Therefore, in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, under the double blow of Western cultural oppression and the loss of cultural self-confidence of the nation, many Chinese cultural elites became Western cultural slaves and became accomplices and executioners in the destruction of Eastern civilization. This is the most tragic and humiliating era of Eastern civilization, and now that Eastern civilization has risen again, the East is gradually getting rid of the foolishness and oppression of the West. In order not to allow history to repeat itself, we must study the history of mankind, especially the prehistory of mankind, objectively, impartially and rigorously.
In the world, only China has a tradition of national record history, and China is the first country to record human history. The Zhou Dynasty was established in 1027 BC, that is, 3050 years ago, that is to say, the history of human beings with strict historical significance is only 3050 years, and the history of human beings before 3050 years ago is prehistory. The prehistory of mankind that this article will focus on will be from the middle to late last ice age, that is, between 45,000 and 3,050 years ago.
The purpose of this article is to enable more people to see those historical truths and truths that have not been recorded and sealed in the long river of human history, and in order to achieve this goal, we must rethink and explore human history and civilization in accordance with the abandonment of the mainstream view of history and historical knowledge, and ensure a reverent, open and inclusive attitude.
In the spiritual world, there can be countless assumptions about the process and outcome of anything, but in the real world, everything can only have one inevitable path of development in the end, and everything has only one inevitable result. This paper argues that the only way for the development of human civilization is that in the middle and late stages of the last ice age, due to major climate and environmental changes such as global warming, melting of ice and snow, and sea level, human beings will be greatly migrated, and human beings will be forced to readapt to the global environment, re-establish the foundation for survival and development, and pursue the heavy civilization of human dreams.
Today, all the achievements of human civilization have developed from this inevitable road, and they are all the results of civilization brought about by the great migration of human beings. Therefore, when we study the process of the Great Migration and the history of mankind after the completion of the Great Migration, we will be able to obtain new knowledge that is closer to the truth and truth of human history.
The Great Migration led to a new pattern of human distribution around the world, triggered a large division of labor in industries around the world, led to the rise and development of new races, new societies and new civilizations of human beings, and led to the rapid growth of population, which led to agriculture and animal husbandry becoming the pillar industries of human economy, leading to the development of cities and the establishment of early states.
According to the results of archaeological research and the interpretation of historical documents in various parts of mankind, at the end of the last ice age 11,000 years ago, the migratory peoples with agricultural peoples and nomadic peoples as the main body have settled all over the world, and formed their own spheres of influence and ruling areas in these areas, and formed early state and social forms, including agricultural areas, livestock areas, settlements, villages, cities and countries that rely on rivers and grasslands for development, and cities set up royal cities, temples, residential areas and commercial areas, etc. The social management mechanism is perfect, and human beings live a civilized way of life in an orderly and pursued manner.
After the construction of social civilization after the Great Migration, ancient civilizations such as Chinese civilization, Central Asian civilization, Middle Eastern civilization, Indian civilization, Egyptian civilization, Mediterranean civilization, and Mayan civilization in the distant Americas appeared on the road of human migration. In the following, we will describe the basic history, characteristics, relationships, commonalities and differences of these ancient civilizations, and reveal the truth, true knowledge and truth of human history and civilization as much as possible.
We believe that the records of historical events in the past dynasties of China are relatively objective and true, but we should be cautious and seriously examine whether the views, writings, and historical expressions of the historians of the previous dynasties are correct.
The eras recorded in Chinese history are: the era of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, the Xia Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, the Wei, Jin, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China, etc. They are included in the category of ancient human myths and legends by many Western scholars.
According to the research of Chinese historians, the Xia Dynasty was established between 2100 BC and 1600 BC; The Shang Dynasty was established from 1600 BC to 1027 BC; The Zhou dynasty was established from 1027 BC to 256 BC. Since then, the historical records of all Chinese dynasties have been very detailed and systematic, and historians all over the world have recognized these histories very much.
In the long history of mankind, China has always been the protagonist on the stage of world civilization, and Chinese civilization has always been the dream of all mankind and the benchmark of life value. However, in 1840 (the 20th year of Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty), the Opium War broke out between China and the Western powers led by Britain, and because China ended in defeat and land reparations, the pattern of human civilization underwent a revolutionary change, making the Western powers become global hegemons, Westerners became global rulers, and the people of all ethnic groups in the world became the objects of their arbitrary enslavement. In order to make it a glorious origin for themselves to rule the world, it is legitimate and legitimate, and Westerners began to dig in the historical ruins of Rome, Greece, Egypt, the Middle East, Central Asia, India and China, and loot historical documents and cultural relics. He also called on Western scholars to compile a history of human history and the development of civilization that meet the values and historical outlook of Westerners.
After one or two hundred years of unremitting efforts, Westerners have finally established what they consider to be the most correct studies of human history and human civilization. Of course, most people who have been educated in the West believe in the Western view of history, civilization and values. Therefore, it has become the unshirkable responsibility of conscientious scholars to restore the truth of history and civilization.
At present, all cultural concepts and standards in the East and the West are defined and managed by Europeans, in short, Westerners believe that the Eastern civilization is the Chinese civilization, that is, the civilization of the East Asian continent, and the Western civilization is the European civilization, that is, the civilization of the European continent.
In order to get rid of the sad background of the barbarians, Westerners first chose their own civilization roots on the European continent, and they found two civilizations, Greek civilization and Roman civilization, but these two civilizations did not have a long history of Chinese civilization, and these two European civilizations could not be compared with Chinese civilization in terms of cultural content and quality.
Therefore, Western scholars and archaeologists began to look for the roots of Western civilization in Egypt, the Middle East and other regions with ancient historical backgrounds near Europe, and through more than 100 years of continuous excavation and archaeology, as well as the interpretation of ancient historical documents, they finally found and summarized and refined a series of the oldest civilizations beyond Chinese civilization, namely Sumerian civilization, Egyptian civilization and Indian civilization.
Western scholars believe that the Sumerian civilization arose in 3500 B.C., when the Sumerians dug ditches in the southern part of Mesopotamia, relying on complex irrigation networks, successfully using the turbulent waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, transforming the arid wasteland into arable land, developing the early agricultural communes in the region, and successfully completing the transition from Neolithic tribal culture to civilization, thus creating the first generation of Middle Eastern civilization in southern Mesopotamia.
The ancient Egyptian civilization arose in 3200 BC when Menes unified Egypt and established the world's first slave state in the middle and lower reaches of the Nile River (present-day Middle East) in northeastern Africa.
Indian civilization arose in 3100 B.C., when the Dravidian (or Harappans) formed city-states in the Indus Valley to develop social production and civilization.
Westerners believe that Chinese history can only be counted from the Zhou Dynasty at most (at first Westerners thought that Chinese history can only be counted from the early years of the Tang Dynasty), so Chinese civilization can only be counted from 1027 BC, so that Chinese civilization is more than 2,000 years later than the above-mentioned ancient civilization, they seem to imply that Western civilization is the source and mother of Chinese civilization, and this historical view is highly recognized by many Western-educated Chinese scholars.
Since the three ancient civilizations of the West have all died out, the Western civilization has become the only direct successor of these civilizations, so they think that the Western civilization is older and superior than the Chinese civilization, and they take it for granted that they are the mentors and rulers of the Orientals and the people of the world!
As the saying goes, history is the hymn and epitaph of rulers, and who cares if the content of these hymns and epitaphs is true to the enslaved and oppressed people in the years of painful struggle for survival? Even if some wise men can see the tricks of the conspirators, who would dare to expose them? Today, China has stood up again and become the protagonist of world civilization, so it is necessary for us to restore our reputation and status for China and its civilization!
In the past 1 or 200 years, the Chinese nation has experienced unprecedented catastrophes, suffered humiliation, oppression, and exploitation by the Western powers, and was belittled as an inferior nation by the Western powers. The West controls all the right to speak, in China there is no place for Chinese to speak and defend in the whole world, they just want us to believe in knowledge, scriptures and religion, let us obey their rule and enslavement, they want to completely destroy the Eastern civilization, completely destroy the national self-confidence of the Chinese!
We should believe in the power of truth, we should love and pursue the truth, to uncover the truth of all human history, only when the light of the truth of human civilization illuminates the world, all true and false, beautiful and ugly, good and evil will be exposed to the world at a glance!
Since the birth of human beings, human civilization has developed from a primitive and barbaric state, the content of the initial civilization of human civilization is relatively simple, and the content and structure of the later civilization have become more and more complex. The reason for this phenomenon is that the increase in population and the formation of society have made it necessary for human beings to solve more and more problems, the most difficult of which are population control, the mode of production, the mode of marriage, the mode of family, the form of society and management. According to the results of anthropological research, human society has gone through four stages of development: group marriage society, matrilineal clan society, patrilineal clan society, and equal society.
Based on the research results of paleoclimatology, geophysics, archaeology and anthropology, this paper reveals and deduces that in the middle and late stages of the last ice age, due to global warming and sea level rise, the peoples engaged in gathering, fishing and hunting, ocean, agriculture and nomadism living in southern Chinese mainland, Indochina Peninsula and Southeast Asia migrated to all parts of the world by sea and land, thus forming new peoples and new civilizations around the world, which is an undeniable historical fact.
Chinese civilization was directly born from the mother of human civilization, the oldest civilization of mankind, that is, the ice age, so Chinese civilization is the most direct, systematic and complete inheritor and disseminator of ancient human civilization, and Chinese civilization, that is, Chinese civilization, is more ancient and superior than civilizations around the world.
In order to see the original historical appearance of Chinese civilization, it is not enough for us to deny the historical view of Westerners, we should also question the "theory of the origin of the Yellow River" of Chinese civilization, because there are contradictions and conflicts between the "theory of the origin of the Great Migration" and the "theory of the origin of the Yellow River" of human civilization. Below, we will delve into the origins of Chinese civilization.
In order to explore the origin of Chinese civilization, Chinese historians and archaeologists have carried out a large number of field archaeology throughout China, and after hundreds of years of unremitting efforts, they have discovered the Hemudu human civilization site (about 8000 years ago), Yangshao culture Gansu Tianshui Dadiwan site (about 8000 years ago), Sanxingdui human civilization site (about 5000 years ago), Shaanxi Shenmu Shiyuan ancient city human civilization site (about 4500 years ago) and other civilization sites. These civilizations are much older than those discovered by Western scholars, and through the in-depth study of these ruins of Chinese civilization, the world will be presented with an increasingly true and complete appearance of Chinese civilization, and Western scholars will be unable to defeat their ignorance, prejudice, smear and slander of Chinese civilization.
In order to be more aware of the development process of mankind today, we are looking back on the slow and long road that mankind has taken recently!
Between 115,000 and 75,000 years ago, that is, before the last ice age of the earth, the earth was very suitable for human habitation, and food resources were abundant, and there was no pressure or crisis for human beings to survive, so at this stage, it was believed that human beings lived freely in the same way as other animals, such as group marriage.
Around 75,000 years ago, the super volcanic disaster occurred on the island of Sumatra in Southeast Asia, which led to the further deterioration of the earth's climate and environment, the extinction of a large number of animals and plants on the earth, and the extinction of human beings.
Between 75,000 and 45,000 years ago, the earth became cold and dry, and the living environment of human beings was very harsh, and they were squeezed to live in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Ice Age, due to the shortage of food, the environmental space was relatively crowded, and if the babies and young children were not cared for by their mothers and clansmen, the race would not be able to continue, and human beings would lose their future, so human society naturally entered the matriarchal clan society.
Around 45,000 years ago, the earth began to warm, the sea level began to rise, and human beings began to migrate, in order to fundamentally solve the problem of food shortage, get rid of human beings' heavy dependence on the natural environment and resources, human beings began to develop agriculture and animal husbandry in an all-round way, because men have an important role in migration, productive labor and war, so the social status of men has been improved, and male-dominated families and tribes have begun to appear, so human beings have begun to enter a society where matrilineal clans and patrilineal clans coexist, At the beginning of this period, it was still matrilineal societies that prevailed, and patrilineal clans existed only among migratory peoples.
Around 11,000 years ago, when the last ice age was basically over, and migratory humans began to settle in their respective colonies, some human races in the colonies, that is, new areas of human civilization, took the lead in entering the patrilineal society, while the human races retained in the ancient settlement areas often still retained the original civilization and matrilineal social mode.
We believe that the transition of human beings from a matrilineal society to a patriarchal society is a significant and significant progress in civilization, which has greatly liberated the productive forces and improved human creativity. After the end of the Great Migration, the peoples of the world began to enter the patriarchal society to varying degrees, and due to the different processes and efforts of this social reform, it caused differences in civilizations around the world.