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First Chinese
Settlements
Developed more than 4,000
years ago near the Huang
He (Yellow) River.
Chinese dynasties
during the Ancient
Period
Xia
2200 BC-1766 BC
Founded by King Yu, hero
of flood control.
Shang
1766 BC-1122 BC
Many written records and
material remains
discovered.
Zhou
1122 BC-256 BC
Mandate of Heaven
introduced. That is, the
idea that God gave the
emperors the right to
rule.
Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties
At the end of the Zhou
dynasty, the Warring
States period (403 BC221 BC) occurred. It was
a civil war.
Confucianism, Daoism,
and Legalism emerged.
Warring States Period
Qin
221 BC-207 BC
Founded by Qin
Shihuangdi, the first
emperor of China.
He connected and
extended the Great Wall,
standardized laws,
currencies, measures,
and scripts.
QIN SHIHUANGDI
SYMBOL OF QIN DYNASTY
QIN SHIHUANGDI’S TOMB
China under the Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C.E.
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Han
206 BC-AD 221
Founded by Lui Bang.
Established a university
with a Confucian
curriculum.
Buddhism spread to
China (1st Century AD)
from India.
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The Silk Road
• Legendary
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overland trade
route between
China and the
Mediterranean.
AD 200, this
transcontinental
route linked the
Roman Empire
with the imperial
court of China.
Built roads (Silk Road)
and canals.
Invaded and colonized
Vietnam and Korea.
Empire dissolved and
China was divided into
into regional kingdoms.
Silk Road- Route to Rome