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L. Carrington Goodrich A Short History of the Chinese People.Chap.l ，中国人很早同外方有来往。Wheat ， which was cultivated first in theNear East , appeared in China during the Bronze Age; and the domestic fowl , wet rice ,& (the) water buffalo from around the Bay of Bengal were known by the beginning ofthe 1 st millennium B. C. Cowry shells originated in tropical seas were used still earlier.The ox-drawn plow , developed in the Near East , appeared 出early as 6th B. C. In the4由centuηthe Chinese language used the 5anskrit word for lion , an animaÍ that is notnative to China. Glass beads , similar ωthose of 地中海， were discovered in tombsaround 400 B. C. The word siαp-d’iei 摄提， the early Chinese name for one unit of the12-year cycle of Jupiter, is possibly derived from the 5anskrit svãti. The water-clock &a form of sundial were used in the 5 th century. Horse archers like those on 出e steppes were used shortly before 300 B. C. Mules , donkeys , & camels , first domesticated inm. Asia, were first used in China in the 3rd century B. C.