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Ancient China
Chapter 6-5: Han Contacts with
Other Cultures
Bell Work 11/14
Instructions: Which Dynasty do the following belong to?
1. Organized Family Life
2. Shi Huangdi
3. Warring States
4. China unified under Confucianism
5. Wudi
6. Jade
7. Great Wall of China
8. Yu the Great
9. China unified under legalism
10. Acupuncture
11. China’s first Writing System
12. Confucianism, Legalism, Daoism
13. Liu Bang
Han Contacts with
Other Cultures
The Big Idea
Trade routes led to the exchange of new products and ideas
among China, Rome, and other peoples.
Main Ideas
• Farming and manufacturing grew during the Han dynasty.
• Trade routes linked China with the Middle East and Rome.
• Buddhism came to China from India and gained many
followers.
What is the exchange of new products and ideas from one
culture to the next?
Building on Knowledge
What are some examples of cultural
diffusion in our society?
How has cultural diffusion affected us?
Technological Advances
during the Han Dynasty
Farming
• Iron plow could dig more
land and raise more food
• Wheelbarrow able to haul
more products
Manufacturing
• Iron swords
• Iron armor
• Silk: a soft, light, highly
valued fabric
Trade Routes
• Chinese goods became highly valued in other lands, so
trade routes began opening up.
• Trading Chinese silk for strong Central Asian horses
became a primary goal under the rule of Emperor Wudi.
• Central Asians could then take the silk and trade it for
products in other lands.
What type of trade system is it called when you trade a product
for another product?
The Silk Road
The Silk Road was a network of routes stretching more than
4,000 miles across Asia’s deserts and mountain ranges, through
the Middle East and stopping at the Mediterranean Sea.
Chinese traders only used the road until they reached Central
Asia, and then gave their goods to local traders.
Travelers banded together for protection along the many miles
of difficult terrain.
China grew rich from trading silk with other lands.
Silk Road Demonstration
• China
– Silk and Spices
• Central Asia
– Horses
• Middle East (Mid-Point Port)
– Yak
– Combination of Items to trade from other cultures
• Rome (the Mediterranean)
– Glassware
Quick Fact
China still produces about 50
percent of the world’s silk.
Buddhism Comes to China
Contact with New Cultures
• When the Han dynasty began to fail, people looked to old
religions to find answers, but were disappointed.
• After coming into contact with Indian Buddhists on trade
routes, many Chinese brought the teachings home to China.
Impacts on China
• In hopes of relieving the suffering of human life, both rich and
poor people began to embrace the teachings of the Buddha.
• The popularity of Buddhism in China is an example of
diffusion: the spread of ideas from one culture to another.
Where does the Silk Road begin and end?
Rome
China
Central Asia
-Glassware
-Paper
-Horses
-Silk
-Buddhism
-Jade
-Spices
Map Activity
Corresponding Map: Page 188
• Follow Instruction on Handout, Out of Seat 2 at a time for
colors
• Expectations: I have correctly placed and made a key for
all 21 identifications.
• Due: At the end of the 20 minute timer
• Finish Early? Answer Essential Questions and take out
white board and expo marker
Rome
China
Central Asia
-Glassware
-Paper
-Horses
-Silk
-Buddhism
-Jade
-Spices
Do you Know?
White Board Fun
The Silk Road was a network of routes that stretched from
________ to ________.
List at least 3 items that were traded on the Silk Road.
The exchange of goods and ideas is called ____________.
What religion comes to China from India through the Silk
Road?
A system in which you exchange good for other goods is
called a __________.
The Silk Road started during the _________ Dynasty.
What 2 advances did the Han create that made farming
easier?