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CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 2. ANCIENT CHINA: ORIGINS TO EMPIRE FROM PREHISTORY TO 220 C.E. The Creation of China. 7000 B.C.E . - 1027 B.C.E. The Neolithic Age The Huang Ho (Yellow) and Yangstze Rivers Climate and rainfall dictated crop choice and settlement patterns. The Bronze Age. 2000 B.C.E

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CHAPTER 2

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  1. CHAPTER 2 • ANCIENT CHINA: ORIGINS TO EMPIRE • FROM PREHISTORY TO 220 C.E.

  2. The Creation of China • 7000 B.C.E. - 1027 B.C.E. • The Neolithic Age • The Huang Ho (Yellow) and Yangstze Rivers • Climate and rainfall dictated crop choice and settlement patterns.

  3. The Bronze Age • 2000 B.C.E • Shang dynasty and sophisticated bronze metallurgy. • Developed a writing system that has lasted for three millennia. • The King: religious and secular power.

  4. The Zhou Dynasty: The “Feudal” Age • Shortly after 1030 B.C.E., the Zhou tribe came from the west and overthrew the Shang dynasty. • Zhou Economy and Society • The Philosophical Schools • Confucianism: Rationalized Hierarchy • Kong Fuzi (known in the West as “Confucius”)

  5. Confucian Philosophy • The Confucian philosophy of China addressed the problems of human society. • It was very simple and direct. • It was applied not only in government and education but also in family matters.

  6. Confucianism Throughout Asia • Confucianism was applied in households throughout China • Later it was applied in the Chinese-influenced societies of Korea, Japan, and Indochina.

  7. Daoism: The Magic of Letting Go • The second philosophical reaction to the troubled times of the late Zhou period. • Revolt against both society and the limitations of the intellect. • Confucianism and Daoism together shape the course of Chinese history.

  8. Mencius:the Confucian Mandate of Heaven • Mencius' right of rebellion against evil rulers. • Legalism, another alternative.

  9. The First Chinese Empire • 221 B.C.E - 220 C.E. • Unification of China by the Qin and the Han Dynasties. • 48 provinces with administrative units and centrally controlled civil and administrative bureaucrats.

  10. Han Dynasty • Confucianism, Legalism, and Taoism were synthesized in the Han dynasty. • They created a system that offered a single comprehensive answer to the full range of human problems and needs.

  11. Han Culture • The Empire Consolidated • Wu Di and Pax Sinica • Han Decline

  12. Han Scholarship Art and Technology

  13. Ban Zhao, the Confucian Woman

  14. Popular Daoism and Buddhism

  15. China and Foreign Trade

  16. Conclusion • The geographic environment that shaped Chinese society. • The common themes that carry over from prehistoric into historic China. • What China was like during the Shang and Chou dynasties. • The principles of Confucianism, Legalism and Taoism.

  17. Conclusion • The manifestations of art, technology and statecraft that emerged under Ch'in and Han. • The elements that caused a cycle of rise and fall during the Ch'in and Han dynasties. • China's foreign contacts and attitude toward the outside world.

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