Grammar and Language Workbook

18. According to old legend, bold Phoenicians had circumnavigated Africa about 600 
B
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C
.
19. Much farther to the east than India, however, lay the wondrous land of China.
20. Bold travelers pioneered overland routes to China a very long time ago.
21. Once in a while, important ideas or inventions would slowly move eastward or westward.
22. The art of writing began in Mesopotamia, the modern country of Iraq, a millennium and a half
before it appeared in China.
23. Western experts believe that traders carried it into ancient China.
24. Sharp debate still continues as to whether the first chariots came into China from western
peoples.
25. We know that early Mesopotamians developed war chariots in their area around 3,000 
B
.
C
.
26. Archeologists now believe that the craft of metallurgy first started in what is now Thailand.
27. For a long time, they thought it had started in the Mesopotamian area.
28. But recent discoveries definitely point to the eastern nation of Thailand.
29. After they learned the important skill of making bronze from tin and copper, they did it very
well.
30. The Chinese always produced the best bronze items to be found in the ancient world.
31. As for iron, the Chinese always used cast iron instead of wrought iron.
32. Researchers believe that the ancient Chinese smiths learned how to cast both bronze and iron
from the fine craftspeople who practiced the art of ceramics.
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