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Early Chinese Dynasties
Shang Dynasty
One of the first civilizations in China and known for:
 China’s ______________ cities
 Excellent ___________________ Work
 First Chinese ________________________ (Chinese symbols used today are based on those of
the Shang)
 Developing war ____________ and bronze ____________________
Zhou Dynasty
 Rebels from ______________________ China overthrew _________________ and
established ________ Dynasty
 Longest lasting ______________________
 ____________ System—Emperor (top) Lords (received _____________from Emperor and
pledged ____________; fought for Emperor) Peasants/Farmers (owned little land and
grew food and worked for themselves and Lord)
 Introduced “Mandate of Heaven” (T’ien Ming)—belief that _____________ chose China’s
ruler and gave him/her _________________power
 Warring States Period
 Zhou _____________ ___________________ broke down because Lords did not
remain loyal to the emperors
 When the ______________________________ ended it broke apart into many
different ____________________ that fought each other
 Confucius, a famous _________________, lived during this time and was influenced by
the chaos and developed rules to _______________ ______________ in
______________.
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Confucius
 Confucius—known as a sage, or ____________ person, and a great ________________
 Lived during the ________________ ___________________ Era
 Philosophy/Belief System not a __________________________
 Analects—a _______________ which contains his _____________________
 Major Principles
 _________________; others and nature
 ORDER in __________________________
 GOLDEN RULE: “What you do not want done to ____________________, do not do to others.”
 OBEY your _______________________/AUTHORITY
 HONOR __________________________
 COMMUNITY over/before __________________________
Film Clip – The Traditional Religions of China - _______________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
End of Warring States Period
 Shi Huangdi, a leader from the ________________, manages to unify all of __________________and
establishes the Qin ________________________
Qin [Ch’in] Dynasty, 221-206 B.C.E.
 Established China’s first ______________________
 Shi Huangdi means “____________ emperor”
 Strong, strict, harsh ruler
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 Unified country by standardizing:
 Laws, ___________, culture, _________________
 Same monetary unit
 Culture—____________ Confucianism, only allowed books/philosophies that he
agreed with (censorship)
Accomplishments
 Built ________________ ________________ of China
 To protect from _______________________ to the North (Mongols)
 Huge network of _____________________ and canals
 Roads allowed for better transportation for ______________ but also helped military get
from place to place much quicker in order to __________ ____________.
Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.
Accomplishments of the Han Dynasty
 _______________ invented [105 B.C.E.]
 Silk _____________ trade develops; improves life for many
 Buddhism introduced into ______________________
 Expanded into _______________ _________________
 “People of the Han”  ______________________ Chinese
 Wudi, 2nd Han emperor, wanted to create ____________________ GOVERNMENT based on
“_________________________________”
 Civil service system
 had only ___________________ people work in g______________ known as Bureaucrats—
government workers
 Had to take test to work in g_________________ based on ____________ (what you know
not who you know).
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Tang Dynasty, 618-907 C.E.
 New technologies:
 Printing  _________________ print 
 Porcelain
 Gun_____________
 Mechanical _____________________
 Tea comes into China from _________________________ Asia. 
 Foot-____________ in Tang China
 Mothers _______________ their daughters’ feet.
 Foot-Binding in Tang China
 For ___________-class girls, it became a _____________ custom.
 The Results of Foot-Binding
Imperial China’s Impact on History
 Removed ________________ from morality.
 Beginnings of ___________________ philosophy through which a ruler must prove he/she is
legitimate.
 M_________________ of H___________________
 Secular ______________.
 Valued history  The _____________________ Cycle
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