History+of+Law+Travel+Project

__Chinese__ China was considered the oldest civilizations of the world. China existed 5000 to 500,000 years ago. The very first Chinese civilization believed to have originated in Yellow River valley in the Neolithic era
 * 6 september 10**

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__Crime & punishment in ancient china__ - Torture is to twist the arms around a pole, while being beaten. - Crimes such as minor theft, usually punished by being wipped through the streets of local community. - China is famous for using large wooden collars and cages, called cangue, gose around neck must be worn day & night for a period between two week or three months, in daylight they have to stand in a public place. - Having a chain around there neck, which is attached to a heavy stone. __Crime and Punishment in Canada__ - Death usually meant hanging and hangings were carried out in public open spaces - Cutting off heads.

The punishment in ancient china was very simmarly to are's because in canada they hanged people for doing crime, but the punishment in canada changed because the canadian people didnt accept it any more, so they started putting crimanals in jail in 1869.

Earliest record human settlement which is called from this very day China, discovered in Huang He, dated 5000 B.C. During the Shang dynasty (1500-1000) B.C