Ancient Chinese states (simplified Chinese: 诸侯国; traditional Chinese: 諸侯國; pinyin: Zhūhóu guó) were typified by variously sized city-states and territories that existed in China prior to its unification by Qin Shi Huang in 221 BCE.

If Anbang is successful, iconic buildings such as the W, Sheraton, Westin and St. Regis would join a growing number of New York City properties being snapped up by Chinese investors. The list includes the iconic Waldorf Astoria hotel and the Baccarat hotel.

Government monopoly salt was too expensive to compete with smuggled blackmarket salt, forcing officials to raise prices in order to meet their tax revenue quotas, making the government salt even less competitive and giving saltern families even more reason to sell to smugglers.

The Ancient Chinese were famous for their inventions and technology. Many of their inventions had lasting impact on the entire world. Other inventions led to great feats of engineering like the Grand Canal and the Great Wall of China.

It is believed to be a borrowing from Middle Persian, and some have traced it further back to Sanskrit. It is also thought that the ultimate source of the name China is the Chinese word “Qin” (Chinese: 秦), the name of the dynasty that unified China but also existed as a state for many centuries prior.

Below is a list of the 20 inventions created by ancient Chinese and some may surprise you.

• Paper Making 105 A.C.
• Movable Type Printing 960-1279 AD.
• Gunpowder 1000 A.D.
• Compass 1100 A.D.
• Alcohol 2000 BC－1600 BC.
• Mechanical Clock 725 A.D.
• Tea Production 2,737 BC.
• Silk 6,000 years ago.

No one knows for sure who first invented such money, but historians believe metal objects were first used as money as early as 5,000 B.C. Around 700 B.C., the Lydians became the first Western culture to make coins. Other countries and civilizations soon began to mint their own coins with specific values.

The first region of the world to use an industrial facility to manufacture coins that could be used as currency was in Europe, in the region called Lydia (modern-day Western Turkey), in approximately 600 B.C. The Chinese were the first to devise a system of paper money, in approximately 770 B.C.

Albert Osborn was an acknowledged expert in the fields of document forgery (it was his contention that no two individuals could produce exactly the same handwriting characteristics) and questioned document analysis.

Forensic document examiners, also known as questioned document examiners (QDEs), are forensic scientists who help solve crimes by verifying the authenticity of documents.

A forensic pathologist must first earn a bachelor’s degree, then a medical degree, either an M.D. or D.O. Extensive additional education and training is required, including four to five years of training in anatomic, clinical and/or forensic pathology and a one-year residency or fellowship in forensic pathology.