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According to archaeological studies, human activity on Hong Kong dates back over five millennia. Excavated Neolithic artifacts suggest a difference from northern Chinese Stone-Age cultures, including the Longshan . Bronze fishing and combat tools were excavated on Lantau Island and Lamma Island. Eight stone carvings (on Tung Lung Island, Kau Sai Chau, Po Toi Island, Wong Chuk Hang (黃竹坑), Cheung Chau and Shek Pik on Lantau Island, Big Wave Bay on Hong Kong Island and Lung Ha Wan in Sai Kung) have been found so far; all are believed to date back to the Bronze Age during the Shang Dynasty on weatherWeather comprises all the various phenomena that occur in the atmosphere of a planet. On Earth the regular events include wind, storms, rain, and snow, which occur in the troposphere or the lower part of the atmosphere. Weather is driven by energy from th-related worshipWorship usually refers to specific acts of religious praise, honour, or devotion, typically directed to a supernatural being such as a god or goddess. Religious worship may be performed individually, in informally organized groups, or as part of an organi. Excavations in the 1930sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Link Trainer invented Sc have been dated between the 6th century BC7th century BC 6th century BC 5th century BC other centuries) ( 600s BC 590s BC 580s BC 570s BC 560s BC 550s BC 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC other decades) ( 2nd millennium BC 1st millennium BC 1st millennium AD) Events Cyrus the Great conquere and the 3rd century BC4th century BC 3rd century BC 2nd century BC other centuries) ( 2nd millennium BC 1st millennium BC 1st millennium AD) Events The first two Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome over dominance in western Mediterranean Rome conquers Spain Great Wall of Chin and suggested to be culturally related to those in neighboring modern day GuangdongGuangdong ( Traditional: , Simplified Chinese: , pinyin: Guangdong , Kwangtung in older transliteration and Kuang-tung in Wade-Giles), is a province on the south coast of the People's Republic of China. Together, Guangdong and neighboring Guangxi are call during the Warring States PeriodAlternative meaning: Warring States Period (Japan The Warring States Period ( traditional Chinese: , simplified Chinese: pinyin Zhanguo Shidai) takes place from sometime in the 5th century BC to the unification of China by Qin in 221 BC. It is nominally c.
The territory has been settled by Han ChineseHan Chinese ( Simplified: ; Traditional: ; Pinyin: hn is a term which refers to the majority ethnic group within China which constitutes over 92% of the population. The name was occasionally translated as the "Chinese proper" in older texts (pre- 1980s) a since the Han Dynasty. The ancient tomb at Lei Cheng Uk has been commonly linked to the Eastern Han Dynasty. Hong Kong's history during Three Kingdoms, Southern and Northern Dynasties is less known owing to the lack of records and archaeological findings. A statue at the Castle Peak Monastery (青山禪院 Mandarin: qing1 shan1 chan2 yuan4; Cantonese: tsing1 san1 sim4 yuen2) is said to illustrate a Buddhist itinerant monk of the Southern Dynasties.
Guangzhou flourished as an international trading center during the Tang Dynasty. The so-called "Tuen Mun area" (which can be thought of as the area from Lantau Island to Dongguan in Shenzhen) served as an outer port, naval base, salt production and anchorage area. Pearl has been exploited since the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Still, no significant residence occurred until major migrations from mainland China to Hong Kong during the Song Dynasty (960-1279). Salt production was stepped up under state apparatuses. This is evidenced by excavations of coins, fishery and farming utensils. All this was reduced by Mongolian conquest to a mere anchorage for the exiled Song government which controlled the area of present day Kowloon City.In 1276, the Southern Song Dynasty court left for Fujian, then to Guangdong by boat, fleeing Mongol invaders after the surrender of Emperor Gong of Song China in Hangzhou. Any hope of resistance rested in two young princes, who were Emperor Gong's brothers. The older boy, Zhao Shi was declared emperor at age nine, and in 1277, the imperial court sought refuge first in Silvermine Bay ( Mui Wo) on Lantau Island and later in today's Kowloon City (see Sung Wong Toi). The older brother became ill and died, and was succeeded by the younger, Zhao Bing, aged seven. When in 1279 the Song army was defeated in its last battle, the Battle of Yamen, against the Mongols in the Pearl River Delta, a high official is said to have taken the boy emperor in his arms and jumped from a clifftop into the sea, drowning both of them. These emperors are also believed to have held court in the Tung Chung valley, which takes its name from a local hero who gave up his life for the emperor. Hau Wong , an official from this court, is still revered as a god in Hong Kong.
The Mongolian conquest of the Song Dynasty pushed even more Han Chinese refugees into the area including the descendants of the Chinese patriotic leader Wen Tianxiang. The five families of Hou, Deng, Peng and Liao and Wen were among the earliest recorded familial settlers of Hong Kong. Despite the immigration and light development of agriculture, the area was still relatively barren and had to rely on salt, pearl and fishery trades.