Download Ancient Chinese Dynasties Part 1 and 2

Name:__________________________________ Date:________________ Period:_____
Ancient Chinese Dynasties Notes
HSIA DYNASTY
1. Only know about this dynasty because of legend
2. Associated with the invention of wheeled vehicles,
ships, armor, pottery, and silk making
SHANG DYNASTY
Distinct Characteristics
1. _____________________________________________
2. Bronze Age, daggers, sculptures, jade
3. _____________________________________________
4. The family was most important; not the government, not
the self, not the religion
Society
1. _____________________________________________
2. Government centered in towns
3. _____________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________
-Price of Civilization?
ZHOU DYNASTY
Zhou Dynasty
1. After nomadic invaders ended Shang dynasty
2. The Zhou Dynasty
a. 1027 BC
3. _____________________________________________
Zhou Characteristics
1.
2.
3.
4.
_____________________________________________
Local nobility
Long running problem
_____________________________________________
ZHOU DYNASTY
Political Theory
1. The Mandate of Heaven
2. _________________________________
a. _____________________________
b. _____________________________
3. Emperor is the Son of Heaven
4. Feudal monarchy
Period of Warring States
1.
2.
3.
4.
771 B.C.
Dozen-plus states
Balance of power until 500s
Period of consolidation by warfare
a. _______________________________________
Development of Intellectual Movement
1. Response to crisis and uncertainty:
2. Confucianism
a. _______________________________________
3. Taoism
a. _______________________________________
Imperial China’s Impact on History
1. The Dynastic Cycle
2. _____________________________________________
3. Beginnings of political philosophy through which a
ruler must prove he/she is legitimate
–Mandate of Heaven
Qin (Ch’in) Dynasty
1. Established China’s first empire
2. _____________________________________________
3. Legalist rule
a.________________________________________
b.________________________________________
c. ________________________________________
d. Built large section of the Great Wall
Dynasty Notes Continued…
Han dynasty
Han Dynasty
1. _____________________________________________
2. New bureaucracy
3. Emphasis on centralization
4.
a. ______________________________________
5. Imperial expansion
Han Dynasty
1. Paper invented [105 B.C.E.]
Silk Road trade develops; improves life for many, cities
develops
2. _____________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________
Han Dynasty 206BCE-220 CE (Roman Times)
1. Advanced in science and literature
2. _____________________________________________
_______________________________________________
3. Short period of Civil War- Sui Dynasty connected two
rivers with canal- over extended
Tang Dynasty
618-907 C.E.
1. Imperial examination system perfected to recruit
2. ________________________________________
a. ___________________________________
3. Golden Age of foreign relations with other countries.
a. ______________________________________
Tang Dynasty
1. Internal renewal and external expansion
2. ________________________________________
3. Fought corruption
Tang Dynasty 618-907 CE Contributions
1.
Literature and art flourished
2. Inventions- paper during Han- used for clothes and
writing
3. _____________________________________________
Song [Sung] Dynasty
960-1279 A.D.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Moved the capital east
_____________________________________________
Used Abacus
Silk Road traffic at height
a. ________________________________________
__________________________________________
b. First period of great oceanic commerce
c. Trades tea, silk, and porcelain for exotic woods
and stones
Song Dynasty
1. _____________________________________________
2. Increased emphasis on education & cheaper
availability of printed books.
3. Magnetic compass makes China a great sea power!
Start here
Emperor is
defeated !!
Rebel bands find
strong leader who
unites them.
Attack the emperor.
Poor loose
respect for govt.
They join rebels
& attack landlords.
A new
dynasty
comes to power.
The emperor
reforms the govt.
& makes it more
efficient.
The
Dynastic
Cycle
Droughts,
floods,
famines occur.
Lives of common
people improved;
taxes reduced;
farming encouraged.
Problems begin
(extensive wars,
invasions, etc.)
Taxes increase;
men forced to
work for army.
Farming neglected.
Govt. increases
spending;
corruption.