> quite a bit younger than
You have introduced a comparison, which thus begs the following questions:
1. What is the event that defines "China proper"? 2. What is the event that defines "Europe [proper]" to you?
You have introduced a comparison, which thus begs the following questions:
1. What is the event that defines "China proper"? 2. What is the event that defines "Europe [proper]" to you?
2. Proto-Indo-European and Ancient Egyptian cultural norms and patterns are still very much alive in "Europe" today, so probably the invention of the wheel in the early Bronze Age is a good start.