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there has been much ado about this article http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1783/20133382.abstract about the discovery of both wheat from southwest Asia and millet from China on the same site, some 2400 BC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majiayao_culture claims : 'a group of Neolithic communities who lived primarily in the upper Yellow River region in eastern Gansu,' ... and 'The culture existed from 3100 to 2700 BC. The earliest discoveries of copper and bronze objects in China occur at Majiayao sites.' but there are no sources mentioned.
I don't know about any devellopment of early metalurgy inside China.
This suggests trade from the west through the Ganxi corridor.
when did first people discover the Dzungarian Gate, the Tarim Basin and the Ganxi corridor enabling first contacts between east and west via this route?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majiayao_culture claims : 'a group of Neolithic communities who lived primarily in the upper Yellow River region in eastern Gansu,' ... and 'The culture existed from 3100 to 2700 BC. The earliest discoveries of copper and bronze objects in China occur at Majiayao sites.' but there are no sources mentioned.
I don't know about any devellopment of early metalurgy inside China.
This suggests trade from the west through the Ganxi corridor.
when did first people discover the Dzungarian Gate, the Tarim Basin and the Ganxi corridor enabling first contacts between east and west via this route?