1 / 87

HISTORY 历史 l i shi

HISTORY 历史 l i shi. What is History?. History is the study of the past It looks at things that have happened, and why Because this happened, this happened. The Four Great Chinese Inventions 四大发明 sì dà fā míng. Compass 指南车 zhǐ nán chē Gunpowder 火药 huǒ yào Paper 纸 zhǐ

alec-workman
Download Presentation

HISTORY 历史 l i shi

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. HISTORY 历史 li shi

  2. What is History? • History is the study of the past • It looks at things that have happened, and why • Because this happened, this happened

  3. The Four Great Chinese Inventions四大发明sìdàfāmíng • Compass 指南车zhǐnánchē • Gunpowder火药huǒyào • Paper纸zhǐ • Printing印刷术yìnshuāshù

  4. COMPASS

  5. GUN POWDER

  6. PAPER

  7. PRINTING PRESS

  8. Chinese Dynasties • Most of Chinese history take place in a thing called a ‘Dynasty’ • A Dynasty is a family that rules for many years • There are 13 major Dynasties in Chinese history

  9. Ancient History • 历史久远 • lìshǐjiǔyuǎn • ancienthistory • China is one of the oldest places in the world

  10. Xia Dynasty夏朝

  11. Xia Dynasty 2100-1600 BC

  12. Xia Dynasty • The Xia Dynasty was in a small area of land

  13. Shang Dynasty 商朝

  14. Shang Dynasty 1600-1046 BC

  15. Shang Dynasty 商朝 • The Shang Dynasty moved out from where the Xia Dynasty started • The Shang began using Oracle Bones to make the first Chinese characters

  16. Zhou Dynasty周朝

  17. Zhou Dynasty 1046-256 BC

  18. Zhou Dynasty周朝 • The Zhou Dynasty began to live by the Yellow River • Their Capital was Xi’an • They went as far south as the Yangtze River

  19. Spring and Autumn Period春秋時代 • After the Zhou Dynasty the Spring and Autumn Period Began • Confucianism and Taoism begin • The Capital is moved to Luoyang

  20. Qin Dynasty秦朝

  21. Qin Dynasty 221-206 BC

  22. Qin Dynasty秦朝 • The Qin began the Great Wall • They began to write down laws, and set down a common written language • They had common currency (money) and standard weights and measurements

  23. Han Dynasty汉朝

  24. Han Dynasty 206 BC-220 AD

  25. Han Dynasty汉朝 • First meeting with the West because of the Silk Road

  26. Xia Dynasty夏朝

  27. Shang Dynasty 商朝

  28. Zhou Dynasty周朝

  29. Qin Dynasty秦朝

  30. Han Dynasty汉朝

  31. Modern History • 近代史 • jìndàishǐ • History that is not as old, but still old

  32. Three Kingdoms三国 Sānguó

  33. Three Kingdoms 220-280

  34. The Three Kingdoms三國 • Bloodiest part of Chinese History • Lots of wars • Battle of Red Cliffs

  35. Jin Dynasty晋朝 Jìncháo

  36. Jin Dynasty 265-420

  37. Jin Dynasty晋朝 • Peace after war

  38. North & South Dynasty 北和南朝

  39. North & South Dynasty 420-581

  40. North & South Dynasty 南北朝 • Times of civil war • Lots of art

More Related