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Daily Opener 11/10
wk 14
1. What do you remember
studying about China last
year?
2. What continent is China
located on?
Ancient China
Long, long ago, in a place far, far
away…
The Story of Ancient China
Ancient China
• Geography
• Early Dynasties
• Ancient
Philosophies
• Early Chinese
Inventions and
Discoveries
Geography
• The geography of China made it difficult to
spread ideas and goods to China.
• As a result, Chinese civilization developed very
distinctly.
Deserts
Taklimakan and Gobi
Mountains
Tian Shan, and Himalaya
Geography
Two major rivers
Chang Jiang (Yangtze)
Huange He (Yellow River)
In between these two rivers is the
North China Plain where early
Chinese civilization developed
Yellow River
Yangtze River
Geography
• The geography of China made it
difficult to spread ideas and goods
to China.
• As a result, Chinese civilization
developed very distinctly.
Early Dynasties
Shang Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
Qin Dynasty
Han Dynasty
Shang Dynasty
• ruled China’s earliest civilizations
• Shang kings controlled central part of
the North China Plain
• Fought off nomads from the north and west
• Shang Dynasty developed writing using
pictographs
• Similar to modern Chinese writing
Zhou Dynasty
• conquered Shang Dynasty around 1027
B.C.
• Zhou kings developed idea of Mandate of
Heaven
• idea that good rulers had the god’s favor
• because of a lack of a strong central
government, war lords fought constantly
with led to the Time of the Warring States
Qin Dynasty
• Shi Huangdi became first Qin Dynasty
ruler
• ended Time of Warring States by
conquering rival states
• ruled with a strong central government
• built Great Wall of China
Han Dynasty
• civil war broke out at the end of
Qin Dynasty
• General Liu Bang defeated Qin
and started Han Dynasty
• set up bureaucracy
• government divided into
departments
• expanded empire
Ancient
Philosophies
• Confucianism
• Daoism
• Legalism
• Buddhism (more on this
later!)
Early Chinese Inventions
and Discoveries
• silk
• paper
• pottery
• porcelain
• agricultural improvements
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better plows
collar harness
wheelbarrow
watermill
Reunifying China
Ch 7.1 page 213
Fall of the Han Dynasty
The Fall of Luoyang
Han Dynasty
ruled for 400 years
Chaos and Conflict for over 350 years
Sui Dynasty
ruled for 37 years
(only 2 rulers!)
Tang Dynasty
ruled for the next
300 years
Nomad
Person who
moves from
place to place
Changes in Belief
Systems
The Sui and Tang
Dynasties Reunify China
Confucianism
• based on the
teachings of
Confucius
• taught proper code
of conduct
• respect was
necessary for peace
and harmony
• filial piety
• idea that parents must
be treated with
respect
Daoism
• based on the teachings of Laozi
• believed in a universal force called the Dao (The
Way)
• yin (black)-cold, dark, mysterious
• yang (white)-warm, bright
• all things live in harmony with Dao except humans
who must find their own Way
• Doaists accepted things as they were, did not get
involved in government or try to change things
Legalism
• developed during the Time of
the Warring States
• rulers should use legal system
to force people to obey laws
• legalists believed human nature
was wicked and people must be
forced to be good
• harsh punishments kept people
afraid to do wrong