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The silk road
People traded lot of goods on the silk
road . They traded spices, clothing, fruits,
tea, jade, flowers, woolen goods,
blankets, curtains, skin, ornaments, even
animals such as horses, sheep, and
peacocks.
The Zhou dynasty
At that time the Shang was being ruled by
King Zhou. He did many unfair things to the
people which grew a great rage in them. A
man named Wenwang decided it was time
to attack the king and trusted his son Ji Fa
(Wuwang). After Wenwang died Ji Fa
succeeded him he made all the
preparations for the war so that’s when the
Shang ended.
Qin Shi Huang
Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor of China. Qin united
the warring states , he formed China in 221 B.C. After
That he declared himself emperor.
The emperor standardized weighs
Measures, bureaucracy, law, and
Scholarship. He was a cruel ruler
Who killed or harshly punished anyone
who disagreed with him the Qin dynasty ended
Soon after his death. Fun fact: Shi Huang means
first emperor
Great wall of China
People worked on the great wall for years. Each
emperor who had power added pieces to the wall
for more protection. Emperor Qin wanted much
better barricade to protect his kingdom. To do so
he used peasant, captured enemies, criminals or
anyone else who irritated him to help build the
wall. Workers died of exhaustion or diseases.
Most emperors used the same system
That Qin did. Fun fact: the great wall
cannot be seen from space.
Chinese inventions
The Chinese had many inventions
some of the inventions that the
Chinese made were gunpowder,
magnetic compasses, spinning wheels,
paper money, porcelain, coal, iron,
writing, the great wall, canals, locks,
mechanical clocks, roads, and relay
hostels
Chinese fun facts
Fact 1.) fortune cookies are not a traditional
Chinese custom they were actually made in the
early 1900 in San Francisco.
Fact 2.) china uses over 45 billion chopsticks per
year.
Fact 3.) almost a third of San Francisco air
pollution comes from China.
Fact 4.) nearly 700 million Chinese people drink
contaminated water.