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Zhong Guo

Zhong Guo. EQ – Why did the Chinese call themselves the “Middle Kingdom?” Preview – In a brief paragraph, examine the “Dynastic Cycle” and the “Mandate of Heaven” as they relate to the Chinese Dynasties. Zhong Guo = Middle Kingdom. Gobi Desert. desert. CHINA IS GEOGRAPHICALLY ISOLATED.

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Zhong Guo

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  1. Zhong Guo EQ – Why did the Chinese call themselves the “Middle Kingdom?” Preview – In a brief paragraph, examine the “Dynastic Cycle” and the “Mandate of Heaven” as they relate to the Chinese Dynasties.

  2. Zhong Guo = Middle Kingdom Gobi Desert desert CHINA IS GEOGRAPHICALLY ISOLATED Pacific Ocean Himalayan Mountains Thick Jungles

  3. Huang He = Yellow River • River of Sorrows • Deposits yellow silt called loess • Location of China’s earliest civilization

  4. New Dynasty gains Mandate of Heaven New Dynasty Rebellion is justified Period of peace & prosperity Period of decline & struggles Old Dynasty loses Mandate of Heaven

  5. Shang Dynasty(1600-1027 BC) • First recorded dynasty in China • Period of constant warfare • Expert bronze casters (ceremonial vases) • Wove silk into fabric • Developed a system of writing where symbols = ideas(no direct connection w/ spoken language)

  6. Oracle Bones • The Shang consulted the gods by writing questions on bones or shells and then interpreted the fragments after they were cracked.

  7. Shang Bronze

  8. Zhou Dynasty(1027-c.256 BC) • Developed “Mandate of Heaven” theory • Established feudalism(ruler exchanged land for loyalty) • Produced cast iron, built roads/canals, developed a uniform currency • App. 500 years of disunity and strugglesSpring & Autumn Period (770 - 476 BC) Warring States Period (476 – 221 BC) • Legalism, Confucianism, Daoism emerge

  9. Sun Tzu’s Art of War The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting. - “Planning a Siege” Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. - “Strategic Assessments”

  10. Qin Dynasty(221-207 BC) • Est. by Shi Huangdi – “First Emperor” • Forced the nobility to move into the capital. • Autocratic (absolute) govt. based on Legalism • Divided empire into 36 military districts • Unified existing walls creating 1st “Great Wall” • Promoted unity by…standard weights/measurements; uniform written language; good transportation; very harsh rule

  11. Shi Huangdi’s Tomb • Scale model of his kingdom • Flowing river of liquid mercury • Accurate star map made of diamonds • Life size army of terra cotta warriors

  12. Terra Cotta Army

  13. Han Dynasty(206 BC – AD 220) • Pinnacle of Chinese power & prosperity • Est. by a peasant named Liu Bang • Wudi – “martial emperor” – expanded the empire through warfare • Strong central govt. where people got jobs based on their education • Encouraged assimilation(conquered peoples become a part of Chinese culture)

  14. Han Achievements • App. eastern equivalent to Roman Empire • Invented paper, collar harness, wheelbarrow, water-mills • Traded with the west over the Silk Road • Govt. ran businesses- salt, iron, coinage, silk • Confucian civil service exams • Anyone could take them – but very difficult • Used for govt. appointments until AD 1912

  15. China Vocabulary • Oracle Bones – earliest examples of Chinese writing – how Shang contacted their gods • Mandate of Heaven – divine authority to rule China • Dynastic Cycle – theory detailing the rise and fall of Chinese dynasties • Assimilation – one group is made a part of another group’s culture • Silk Road – overland trade route from China to the Mediterranean

  16. Processing • Choose one of the following • Imagine you are a poor farmer and one day you stumble across Shi Huangdi’s tomb. Write a journal entry for that day. What did you see? What were your thoughts? • Imagine you are a merchant on the Silk Road. Write a journal entry depicting several days of your journey. What have you encountered? Are you going to or from China? What types of goods do you currently have in your possession?

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