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Geography
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Huang He (Yellow River)– 2900 miles from Mongolia to
Pacific; carries silt
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Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) – 3400 miles to the Yellow
Sea
Only 10% arable land (19% US); most land has mts or
deserts
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CHAPTER 3, SECTION
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These barriers kept other from reaching China
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Early Chinese Civilizations
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Northern border was volitile
Emperor
Qin’s
7000 terra
cotta
warriors
CHINESE DYNASTIES
1) XIA DYNASTY (2017-1600 BC)
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was first dynasty, but little is known about it
2) SHANG DYNASTY (1750-1122 BC)
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Ruled by aristocracy,
divided into territories governed by military leaders
Used oracle bones to “communicate” with gods
Veneration of ancestors: replicas of furniture, foods, etc were
burned so they could “travel” with the dead; ancestors could
help or hurt future generations
known for their bronze sculptures
Last ruler was a “wicked tyrant who swam in ponds of wine and
commissioned lustful music” that led to moral decline
3) ZHOU DYNASTY (1045 – 256 BC)
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Longest dynasty
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Introduced Mandate of Heaven
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king was ruling for heaven; chosen by heaven b/c of talent &
virtue
King was responsible to keep order according to the Dao (or
Tao), or “way”; if the king failed to please the gods, they would
send a message to the people (plague, flood, bad harvest, etc)
to show displeasure
Set up ideas that (1) king was not divine, and (2) ppl had
right/duty to overthrow bad ruler
Closely linked to pattern of Dynastic Cycle
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Used serfdom
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Peasants worked on lands owned by a lord w/a
small plot of their own; merchants and artisans
lived in walled cities controlled by a lord
Farming increased with the use of the iron
plow; more food led to increase in population
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Also caused increase in trade, especially silk
Women
Creating
Silk cloth
Family was very central in China – represented
society as a whole
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Filial piety – duty of the members of the family to
put their desires aside and fulfill needs & desires of
head of the family; every family member has a
place
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Male dominated
society – worked in
fields, held political
office, were priests;
women took care of
homes, raised children
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Language was primarily pictographs (pictures
to represent words) & ideograms (two or more
pictograms to represent an idea)
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Unlike many languages, Chinese alphabet did not stray
far from the original pictograms
sun
Pictograph
Ideogram ↑
瑪麗安高中，家裡的騎士！
Some women did
have political influence
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(Marian High School, home of the Knights!)
W ORKS CITED
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403 BC – China entered “Period of Warring
States”
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crossbows
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http://www.china-mike.com/china-travel-tips/tourist-maps/china-physical-map/
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http://www.ssat-inet.net/en-gb/countrynetworks/china/pages/china.aspx
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http://ekhbary.net/china/
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http://www.igougo.com/journal-j67668-Henan_ProvinceAnyang_First_Capital_of_China.html
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http://www.gov.cn/english/2006-07/13/content_335174_3.htm
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http://history.cultural-china.com/en/51H2941H11097.html
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↑ hole containing vehicles and horse bones
from the Eastern Zhou dynasty
(770 BC-221 BC
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http://www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/661669/China-Culture-Journey-YinRuins-Museum.aspx
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/goldenages/china.cfm
http://www.impactlab.net/2006/08/17/vehicles-and-horse-bones-from-ancientchina/
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http://records.photodharma.net/culture/the-history-and-production-of-silk
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http://bamboochutes.wordpress.com/2010/11/
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http://www.chinese-symbols.com/e-chinese-symbol-forearth%20(five%20elements)
http://history.cultural-china.com/en/183History6970.html
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