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Ancient China • Ancient China was ruled by dynasties. • Dynasties were families of kings. • China was named after the Chin Dynasty. • About 200BC the first Chin emporer orderered a building of a great wall. The Great Wall of China • The Great Wall of China was built along China’s northern border to keep invaders out. • The wall was 2250km long and 7m high. • The road on top was 6m wide to allow two chariots to pass. Tombs • When an Emporer died, his coffin was placed in a great pit dug in the ground. • Everything that he needed for the next world was buried with him such as slaves, his wifes and jade clothes. Writing • The Chinese wrote questions for the gods on flat collor bones of cattle and sheep or tortise shells. • They made a hollow at the end of their question • They put a hot bronze needle in the hollow. • The heat of the needle would crack the hollow. • The chinese belived that the cracks told them if the gods said “yes or no!” to their question! Paper • The Chinese made paper from the inner bark of a mulberry tree. • About 100AD an Emperor invented Paper. Printing! • The Chinese invented printing. • They carved characters on a block of wood! • It was then covered in ink. • Paper was then placed on the wood and the picture was printed. Silk! • Silk was discovered in China, There wore silk worms on a mulberry tree, the worms left cocoons on the tree! • One of the cocoons fell into water and fine strands fell apart. • They wore weaved together and it then became silk. The Silk Road • Traders would come and sell silk. • They would sell it through Asia and the middle east to Antioch it would come by China and the Mediterranean. • It was called the silk road. Inventions • • • Gun powder was invented by a scientist he was trying to make a magic potion to give ever lasting life. But accidentally made Gunpowder. Seismograph was for telling which way the earthquake was coming! It had eight dragon heads with a pearl in its mouth, A frog was placed underneath each dragon. When the earth shakes the pearl would fall into the frogs mouth! KELLIE AND AISHLING. • Thank you for looking at our project. • We hope you enjoyed it! • It was lots of fun making this project. • By Aishling Egan and Kelly Jordan