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23 February 2010

23 February 2010. Please take out your notes and a pencil Wait quietly. Ancient China. 2000 B.C.- 220 A.D. The Xia Period to the Han Dynasty. Xia Legendary Period. 2000 B.C. to 1700 B.C. We know about this period through stories “Superheroes” taught people how to: 1. Find food

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23 February 2010

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  1. 23 February 2010 • Please take out your notes and a pencil • Wait quietly

  2. Ancient China 2000 B.C.- 220 A.D. The Xia Period to the Han Dynasty

  3. Xia Legendary Period • 2000 B.C. to 1700 B.C. • We know about this period through stories • “Superheroes” taught people how to: 1. Find food 2. Make clothing 3. Build shelter 4. Control flooding 5. Grow crops

  4. Shang Dynasty • The First Dynasty in China • 1760 B.C. – 1500 B.C. • Huang River Valley • Farming was the way of life • Grew: grains, millet, rice • Raised animals

  5. Huang (Yellow) River

  6. Shang (continued) • Bronze developed • Melting together copper and tin • Oracle Bones used to predict the future • First written records in China

  7. Smelting Bronze

  8. Oracle Bone Wrote questions Heated with fire Cracks gave answers

  9. Zhou Dynasties • Zhou defeated the Shang in 1027 B.C. • This period lasted more than 800 years • 2 Dynasties: 1. Western Zhou Dynasty 2. Eastern Zhou Dynasty

  10. Western Zhou Dynasty • Capital city: Hao • Most people were farmers • Grew wheat, rice, beans, and fruit • Women harvested crops and made silk

  11. Eastern Zhou Dynasty • 770 B.C. – 221 B.C. • Capital city: Luoyang (in eastern China) • Referred to as the “Golden Age”

  12. Eastern Zhou Advancements • New system of money • Flood control, irrigation, canal building • Built walls to protect villages from nomadic raiders • Begin to use IRON to make weapons and tools

  13. Other Changes (Eastern Zhou) • King’s power weakened due to constant warfare • Traditions challenged, new ideas emerged • More people became scholars, teachers, and government officials

  14. Nomadic raiders Nomadic Raiders

  15. Qin Shi Huangdi

  16. Qin Dynasty • 221 B.C. – 206 B.C. • Civil war took place at the end of the Zhou Dynasty • The “Qin” state won • Qin Shi Huangdi became China’s first emperor • Divided into 36 provinces

  17. Shi Huangdi built the Great Wall to protect against northern invaders

  18. Qin Dynasty Advancements • Centralized the government • The Great Wall was built • Standardized systems: 1. Money 2. Weights 3. Measures

  19. End of the Qin Dynasty • Peasants revolted against the rule of Shi Huangdi

  20. Han Dynasty • 206 B.C. – 220 A.D. • First Ruler: Han Gaozu

  21. Han Gaozu • 1st ruler of the Han Dynasty • Peasant leader in the revolt against Shi Huangdi • Ended the ban on books imposed by the Qin Dynasty

  22. Wu Di • Han Emperor 141 B.C. – 87 B.C. • Made many changes: 1. Took land from nobles, divided it, and gave it to commoners 2. Took power away from people who challenged him

  23. Wu Di (changes) 3. Taxed imports and exports 4. Built new roads to increase trade 5. Supported education and the arts 6. Encouraged accurate historical accounts to be written 7. Civil Service jobs given due to skill, not family position

  24. Han Dynasty Inventions • Middleman • Porcelain • Paper and Ink • The Silk Road

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