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Canpei has been settled since prehistory, with some archaeological evidence suggesting that early hominid inhabited the region two million years ago. Fossils of early man were found in few places, but mostly of teeth or small bone fragments, making it hard to identify with any precision the exact species and their dating has frustrated experts since their discovery. The Puhusui Cave in Baitian province shows well preserved red ochres and brown paintings of horses, oxen and lynx dating to approximately eighteen thousand years ago and are proof of a thriving Upper Paleolithic culture in the region. | Canpei has been settled since prehistory, with some archaeological evidence suggesting that early hominid inhabited the region two million years ago. Fossils of early man were found in few places, but mostly of teeth or small bone fragments, making it hard to identify with any precision the exact species and their dating has frustrated experts since their discovery. The Puhusui Cave in Baitian province shows well preserved red ochres and brown paintings of horses, oxen and lynx dating to approximately eighteen thousand years ago and are proof of a thriving Upper Paleolithic culture in the region. | ||
===Liang Civilization=== | ===Liang Civilization=== | ||
[[File:Pan_water_vessel_with_coiling_dragon_pattern,_Late_Shang_Dynasty_(c.14th_-_Mid_11th_Century_B.C.E.).tif|thumb|Bronze water vessel with coiling dragon pattern of the late Liang kingdom]] | |||
In the 15th century BCE, the plains of the north and east were home to many different tribes who shared a common culture and waged small scale wars against each others for land or over specific feuds. One of those tribes, the Paozi, settled at the foot of the mountains were they could grow rice and keep large herds of goats. The Paozi tribe are thought to have migrated the area after being pushed out of the state of Sui in modern-day [[Daxia]]. Over time the Paozi subsumed other regional groups through alliance or conquered them to acquire more pastural and agricultural land until their territory spread from the valleys of mount Zhemei to the floodplains along of the Hongse river. The Paozi were ruled by a chief elected from among their nobles and for the first two hundred years or so of their existence, that system served them well, but a few families with more land started to gain more and more influence until one of them became de facto ruler of the tribe. Around 1090 BCE, we have the first documented usage of the title of king to describe the leader of the Paozi tribe found on bamboo slips discussing the exchange of five hundred heads of goats to secure the marriage of King Lioliotzu of Paozi and Fei of Qungde. The Paozi kingdom is traditionally dated from 1100 BCE to 800 BCE. Their disappearance from historic records coincide with a period of great politic instability and the rise of many states in the region. | In the 15th century BCE, the plains of the north and east were home to many different tribes who shared a common culture and waged small scale wars against each others for land or over specific feuds. One of those tribes, the Paozi, settled at the foot of the mountains were they could grow rice and keep large herds of goats. The Paozi tribe are thought to have migrated the area after being pushed out of the state of Sui in modern-day [[Daxia]]. Over time the Paozi subsumed other regional groups through alliance or conquered them to acquire more pastural and agricultural land until their territory spread from the valleys of mount Zhemei to the floodplains along of the Hongse river. The Paozi were ruled by a chief elected from among their nobles and for the first two hundred years or so of their existence, that system served them well, but a few families with more land started to gain more and more influence until one of them became de facto ruler of the tribe. Around 1090 BCE, we have the first documented usage of the title of king to describe the leader of the Paozi tribe found on bamboo slips discussing the exchange of five hundred heads of goats to secure the marriage of King Lioliotzu of Paozi and Fei of Qungde. The Paozi kingdom is traditionally dated from 1100 BCE to 800 BCE. Their disappearance from historic records coincide with a period of great politic instability and the rise of many states in the region. | ||