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Chinese Dynasty Overview Shang to Qing. World Cultures China Unit. Chinese Dynasty Song. Shang Zhou (“Joe”) Qin (“chin”) Han (Repeat) ( ------------------- 400 years of Disunity ------------------) Sui (“sway” without “w”) Tang Song (Repeat) Yuan ------ Mongol Ming
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Chinese Dynasty OverviewShang to Qing World Cultures China Unit
Chinese Dynasty Song • Shang • Zhou (“Joe”) • Qin (“chin”) • Han (Repeat) ( ------------------- 400 years of Disunity ------------------) • Sui (“sway” without “w”) • Tang • Song (Repeat) • Yuan ------ Mongol • Ming • Qing (“ching”) • Republic -------- Republic of China (Repeat) • Mao Zedong ---------People’s Republic of China / Communist China (Repeat)
Shang Dynasty (1700 – 1027 BCE) • First recorded dynasty • Ruled by aristocracy • Developed system of writing • Oracle Bones – Priest would scratch questions onto the bones and stick a hot metal rod into the bone and when it cracked it would provide the answer
Zhou (1027 – 250 BCE) • Longest lasting Chinese Dynasty • Beginning of the Mandate of Heaven cycle • King ruled in accordance with the Dao (the Way) • Feudal system • Eventually created city-states • Decline of Zhou Dynasty due to fighting between feuding city-states
Qin Dynasty (221 – 207 BCE) • Founded by Qin Shihuangdi • Developed a highly centralized government • Standardized across the empire currency, language, measurements, laws, ect. • Under the Qin Dynasty the construction of the Great Wall of China began
Han Dynasty (202 BCE – 221 CE) • Over 400 years of rule • Confucianism replaced Legalism • Civil Service Examinations – recruitment of scholars to work in the government • Silk Road Developed to open up trade • Focus on Science and Technology
221 – 581 CE • Han Dynasty collapses • Warlords fight over China for 300 years • No centralized government
Tang Dynasty (618 – 907 CE) • High point of Chinese culture • Rebuilt system of government • Civil Service Exams back in place • Confucius Education • Limited Social Mobility • Ruled by Empress Wu Zetian
Foot-Binding in Tang China • Broken toes by 3 years of age. • Size 5 ½ shoe on the right
Foot-Binding in Tang China Mothers bound their daughters’ feet.
Foot-Binding in Tang China • For upper-class girls, it became a new custom.
Song Dynasty (969 – 1279 CE) • Large Centrally Planned Government • Ruled during economic prosperity and cultural achievement • Mongols overthrew the Song and created a new Mongol dynasty
Yuan (1279 – 1368 CE) • Mongol invasions • Began under Genghis Khan • Khans grandson, Kublai Khan overthrew the Song Dynasty • Ignored Chinese Traditions • Set his capital at Khanbaliq (“the city of Khan”) • Later became Beijing
The MONGOLS • Genghis Khan’s Tax Laws: • If you do not pay homage, we will take your prosperity. • If you do not have prosperity, we will take your children. • If you do not have children, we will take your wife. • If you do not have a wife, we will take your head. • Used cruelty as a weapon some areas never recovered from Mongol destruction!
Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644 CE) • Erase remains of the Mongols • Reinstate civil service examinations • Extended the length of the Great Wall • New Era of Progressive China
Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1911 CE) • Last ruling Dynasty • Dynastic Cycle weakened by European and American interventions during the early 20th Century
Questions to consider…. • How did the dynasty come to power? • What did the dynasty accomplish? • How was daily life for the Chinese people affected by this dynasty? • How was the religious life of the people affected? • How and why did this dynasty come to an end?
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Which of the Chinese Dynasties tried to erase the remains of the Mongols? • Shang • Qing • Ming • Yuan
The collapse of this Dynasty led to years of feuding between warloards • Han • Shang • Qing • Tang
What was the name of the last ruling Dynasty? • Han • Ming • Song • Qing
Which dynasty was overthrown by the Mongols? • Song • Qin • Zhou • Shang
Which dynasty used oracle bones to answer life's deepest questions? • Tang • Shang • Qin • Ming
The emperor of this Dynasty built a life-like army to protect him in the afterlife. • Qin • Shang • Tang • Song