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EARLY CHINA

ANCIENT ASIA. EARLY CHINA. Huang He River. FIRST CITIES. CHINESE DEVELOPED THEIR CULTURE ISOLATED FROM EGYPTIANS AND SUMERIANS FARMING VILLAGES APPEARED AROUND 5000 B.C. FIRST CHINESE CITIES: YANSHAO AND LONGSHAN Where? HUANG HE FLOODS – CHINA’S SORROW YANGSHAO POTTERY – RED

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EARLY CHINA

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  1. ANCIENT ASIA EARLY CHINA

  2. Huang He River

  3. FIRST CITIES • CHINESE DEVELOPED THEIR CULTURE ISOLATED FROM EGYPTIANS AND SUMERIANS • FARMING VILLAGES APPEARED AROUND 5000 B.C. • FIRST CHINESE CITIES: YANSHAO AND LONGSHAN Where? • HUANG HE FLOODS – CHINA’S SORROW • YANGSHAO POTTERY – RED • LONGSHAN POTTERY - BLACK

  4. CHINESE DYNASTIES

  5. SHANG DYNASTY • CHINESE BELIEVED THEIR GODS PUT THE RULING FAMILY IN POWER –MANDATE OF HEAVEN • FIRST LEADER OF SHANG DYNASTY – TANG • CAPITAL OF THE DYNASTY – YIN (ANYANG) • METAL CRAFT – BRONZE WEAPONS, WINE CONTAINERS, OBJECTS IN GENERAL • AGRICULTURE – WHEAT AND MILLET • HERDING ANIMALS – PIGS, SHEEP, ETC. • THEY CREATED PICTURE WRITING – 1000 SYMBOLS • SYMBOLS – PREDICT FUTURE – ORACLE BONES

  6. ZHOU DYNASTY • ZHOU DYNASTY LASTED THE LONGEST THAN ANY OTHER CHINESE DYNASTY • ITS CAPITAL WAS HAO • ZHOU DYNASTY CREATED SEVERAL LITTLE KINGDOMS • THOSE KINGDOMS HAD TO PAY MONEY TO THE KING AND SUPPLY SOLDIERS FOR HIS ARMY • IRON TECHNOLOGY WAS INTRODUCED • BIRTH OF THE MAJOR CHINESE PHILOSOFIES – CONFUCIANISM

  7. THE WARRING STATES • SEVERAL INDEPENDENT STATES FIGHTING AGAINS EACH OTHER. • THEY WERE RULED BY REGIONAL WARLORDS. • 771 B.C. TO 221 B.C. EASTERN ZHOU FELL

  8. THE QIN DYNASTY • SHI HUANGDI RULED THE QIN DYNASTY FOR 15 YEARS • HE UNITED THE SEVEN STATES AND FOUNDED AN EMPIRE • HE MADE THE LAWS THE SAME FOR ALL CHINA – LEGALISM REFORM • LEGALISM – INTERESTS OF STATE CAME BEFORE THOSE OF INDIVIDUALS • RULERS SHOULD APPLY STRICT LAWS AND PUNISHMENTS • WAR WAS AN INSTRUMENT OF STATE POLICY. • HE MADE EVERYONE TO USE THE SAME MEASUREMENTS, WRITTEN SCRIPTS, UNIFIED CURRENCY. • HE BUILT ROADS AND LINKED SEVERAL WALLS OF THE WESTERN BORDER OF CHINA TO FORM …… • ITS PURPOSE? …… • THE FIRST EMPEROR CRUELTY LED CHINESE TO A CIVIL WAR. • HE DIED IN 210 B.C. AND WAS BURIED IN HUGE TOMB WHERE WE CAN FIND …….

  9. THE GREAT WALL AND THE TERRACOTTA ARMY • THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA TERRACOTTA ARMY

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