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Ancient China
Dynasties
“Emperor”
• A ruler of widespread lands and groups of
people in China.
“Dynasty”
• A series of rulers of widespread lands and
groups of people.
Xia Dynasty 10,000 – 1500 BC
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Silk
Potters wheel
Baked brick houses
Flood control, irrigation (engineers)
Folktales
Bronze Age 1500-600 BC
• Shang
• Chou
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Bronze owl-shaped vessel (zun), Late
Shang Period (c. 1200 B.C.)
The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing
Shang & Chou
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Jade
Bronze
Horse-drawn chariots
Highly organized
armies
• Ancestor worship
• Human sacrifice
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Bronze, two-sided mask; Late Shang
Period, c. 1200-1050 BC
Ancient Mass Sacrifice, Riches
Discovered in China Tomb
• January 2008
• National Geographic
Shang Dynasty 1700 BC –1100 BC
The two most important
contributions:
Use of Bronze
System of Writing
Creation & forbidden
Shang Dynasty
• Chopsticks were
invented around 1700
BC
• This changed the way
people ate their food.
Chou Dynasty 1100 BC-250 BC
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Feudal States
Literature
Astronomy
First Canals Built
Chopstick Activity
• Read the following handout.
• Practice using chopsticks with the help of
your classmates and teacher.
• Please stay in your seat unless you have
permission to be up!
Late Chou
• Confucius
• Taoism
The Classical Age 600BC – 200AD
• Ch’in (Qin)
• Han
Ch’in (Qin) Dynasty
• 221-207 BC (15
years!)
• The First Emperor
Qin was the first man
to control all of China
(Think “chin”- “china”)
• Absolute Control, no
whining! (You could
be put to death!)
Ch’in (Qin) Dynasty
• Bureaucracy (central
government): China was
divided into 36 provinces;
each province was
divided into districts.
• Spies were rewarded
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Portion of the army of terra-cotta
soldiers and horses found in the tomb
of the Qin emperor Shihuangdi, near
Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China.
Ch’in (Qin) Dynasty Changes
• Land was taken away
from the nobles
(Ended the feudal
system)
• Systems of weights,
measures, money,
written language and
laws were
standardized.
• The law applied to
EVERYONE!
Ch’in (Qin) Dynasty Changes
• Peasants were assigned jobs; if they didn’t
do their jobs they were sent to work on the
Great Wall. (Forced labor to begin the
Great Wall)
• Censorship: destroyed books (including
those books written by Confucius),
executed scholars; did not promote
education for the common man
Ch’in (Qin) Dynasty Changes
• Built canals, roads,
bridges
• Built the Great Wall
Han Dynasty
• 200 BC to 200 CE
(AD)
• Trade flourished
(The Silk Road)
Han Dynasty
• Although outsiders call this land China, after
Ch'in (Qin) times,the Chinese, still today, call
themselves the Han people.
Han Dynasty
• Replaced literature that was lost during
Qin times
• New works of literature and music
• Scroll painting began
• Iron was used
Han Dynasty
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Glazed pottery
Advanced medicine: acupuncture
Paper
Earthquake censor
Public schools
People were paid for their work.
Rise of the merchant class