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“The Middle Kingdom”

“The Middle Kingdom”. Why do the call their country the Middle Kingdom ? (see notes).

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“The Middle Kingdom”

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  1. “The Middle Kingdom”

  2. Why do the call their country the Middle Kingdom? (see notes) • Himalayan Mountains to the Southwest, thick Jungles to the South, Ocean to the East, Siberia North/northeast, Gobi Desert to the North, Taklamakan desert west/northwest (Taklamakan means to “two enter one leaves” (or something to that effect in local Uighur language)

  3. Pre-Historic China PEKING MAN 500,000 years ago !!! I’m not kidding!!

  4. Longshan was a tribal but specialized culture in China, centered on the central and lower Yellow River and dated from about3000 BC to 2000 BC. • high level of skill in pottery making, • the establishment of cities, as rammed earth walls and moats • Rice cultivation • Early small scale silk production • Divination using cracked cattle bones • Beginning of Chinese Writing

  5. 夏朝 Xia Dynasty:From Myth to Reality(1959) • ca. 2070 BC–ca. 1600 BC • Capital: Yangcheng • United surrounding warring tribes to control the flooding of the River • Yu the Great succeeded after 13 years! • Diverted the river via canals; not by dikes • Establishment of Feudalism and • hereditary monarchy • Slavery • Currency: Cowries • Astronomy • Calendar based on the Great Dipper (Lunar) • Development of Animal Husbandry

  6. 商朝Shang Dynasty • Bronze workers • Development of writing system to over 3,000 characters/symbols • Record keeping using turtle shells • Ancestral worship • Military superiority 1600 BC–1046 BC

  7. 周朝Zhou Dynasty1045 BC–256 BC • Philosophy • Bureaucracy • Economic growth • The looooooooooongest dynasty

  8. 3 The Dynastic Cycle in China The dynastic cycle refers to the rise and fall of dynasties.

  9. Chinese Traditional Social Hierarchy

  10. Hundred Schools of Thought • The fish trap exists because of the fish; once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit; once you've gotten the rabbit you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning; once you have the meaning you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a few words with him?  -Zhuangzi • What one does not wish for oneself, one ought not to do to anyone else.-Confucius • People are submissive to power, and few of them can be influenced by doctrines of righteousness.-Han Feizi • Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.–Lao Tzu

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