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General Information » China Overview » History

Beijing has been influential throughout China’s history. The first recorded human habitation in China was at Zhoukoudian, in the south-western suburbs of today’s city, where Peking Man roamed forests and lakes more than half a million years ago. The farming settlements that grew around the area 4,000 years ago were the beginnings of civilisation in the region.



This excerpt was taken from

Beijing Explorer
Series: Complete Residents Guides