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Geography & Environment

ASIA- CHINA. Economics. Geography & Environment. Built walls for protection Peace: no one invaded for a long time Shang Dynasty: 1500 BCE- 100 BCE Zho Dynasty 1028-256 BCE: new economy: China GREW; noblemen gained power Qin: 221 BCE: Great Wall of China

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Geography & Environment

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  1. ASIA- CHINA Economics Geography &Environment • Built walls for protection • Peace: no one invaded for a long time • Shang Dynasty: 1500 BCE- 100 BCE • Zho Dynasty 1028-256 BCE: new economy: China GREW; noblemen gained power • Qin: 221 BCE: Great Wall of China • Han Dynasty 207 BCE- Wudi sends explore to W; opens up Silk Road; many INVENTIONS • 100 CE Buddhism comes to China • Unrest & civil war in China 220 CE • Sui Dynasty 589 CE; Building Projects increase; forced labor on Grand Canal • Tang Dynasty: “Golden Age” 618-907 CE (inventions) • Son Dynasty: taxes for public works (inventions) • ***Mongols invade China 1234 CE: Genghis Khan • Marco Polo 1271-1295 • Mongols invade Japan 1274, 1281 (ENDED Mongol rule) • Ming Dynasty 1368-1644 CE: CHINESE ISOLATIONISM • Quin Dynasty: last Isolated- surrounded by Himalayan Mtns, Gobi Desert, & S. China Sea 5000BCE farming, animal domestication Along: Yangtze R & Yellow R. Isolation kept China unaware of advancements in rest of world Han Dynasty: general Zhang Quian out to explore - Wudi wanted to make the best of Western trade Sui Dynasty: unites N & S China with The Grand Canal - Start to trade on the Silk Road built through the mountains and across Asia MIDDLE AGES MIDDLE AGES Government & Civics Shang Dynasty: mandate of Heaven; noblemen were regional rulers with authority Dynasty Peasants couldn’t own land GROUP MORE IMPORTANT THAN INDIVIDUAL Confucious 551 BCE: impt. In govt. Laozi (Daosim) -Qin: 221 BCE: calls self 1st emperor of China; strict authority; Building projects.. Peasant labor SOCIAL: (based on status, not wealth) 1st class: emperor & court 2nd Class: peasants -Han 207 CE 3rd Class: artisans -Sui 589 CE 4th Class: merchants -Tang 618 CE: trade, civil service exams -Song 907 CE: taxes; trade, bureaucracy -Mongols invade: 1205 CE strict ruler/ unliked/ ‘uncivilized’ -ISOLATIONISM: 1430’s missed out on Western technology Culture & Religion Shang: -writing systemof symbols & characters representing ideas -family & honor very important - after death, deceased loved ones could still help -Confucionism: how to treat people/ethics -Daoism: how to treat people & nature Qin: gives name to China; Great Wall of China Han: (Wudi) Silk Road; opened trade with West; inventions; paper, sundial, siesmograph, acupuncture Tang & Song: INVENTIONS: porcelain, gunpowder, woodblock print, 1st book, compass, paper money, movable type) Mongols influence Ming Dynasty: Forbidden city built; censors MIDDLE AGES MIDDLE AGES

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