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Ancient ChinA

Ancient ChinA. Standard. Key Concept 1.3 Early Societies SSWH2c-Describe the development of Chinese civilization under the Zhou and Qin. . ANCIENT CHINA. Great Wall Mandate of Heaven Dynasties Silk astronomy. Geography. Early Chinese will settle near the Yellow and Yangzi Rivers

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Ancient ChinA

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  1. Ancient ChinA

  2. Standard • Key Concept 1.3 Early Societies • SSWH2c-Describe the development of Chinese civilization under the Zhou and Qin.

  3. ANCIENT CHINA • Great Wall • Mandate of Heaven • Dynasties • Silk • astronomy

  4. Geography • Early Chinese will settle near the Yellow and Yangzi Rivers • Eastern China can be split:

  5. China

  6. Yellow River Civilization • Earliest Civilization forms around the Yellow River (Huang He) • Also known as river of sorrow

  7. The first known dynasty of China was the Shang dynasty. This dynasty united the people living around the Huang He and Yangtze river valleys.

  8. Shang Period (1750-1045BCE) • Develop China’s first writing system • Belief in Supreme God, that could only be reached through ancestors • The Shang elite was a warrior aristocracy • Used bronze weapons and rode on horse-drawn chariots

  9. Oracle Bones from Shang Two important aspects of Chinese society & religion: ancestor worship + fortune-telling

  10. Zhou Dynasty • Zhou rulers claimed the divine right to rule or the Mandate of Heaven. • Beginnings of Feudalism • Design capital city to follow fengshui • Government: a new class of educated men became bureaucrats and recorded data and offered advice to the rulers

  11. Zhou Dynasty • Innovations: -built roads and canals -coined money / helped trade -furnaces produced cast iron -advancements in agriculture

  12. Zhou Dynasty • Development of the concept of private property, including privately owned land. • Saw the development of the three-generational family • Women were subordinate to men in this patriarchal society.

  13. Qin Dynasty • Ruler a Legalist (uses punishment to maintain order) ideas to subdue the warring states and unify his country. • He established an autocracy (government with unlimited power).

  14. Great Wall of China • Built by Shi Huangdito keep the Mongols out

  15. Economic: Chinese invented silk • Silk was exotic and expensive, so it was good for trading with the rest of the world. • It is made from silk worms. • Silk also makes “paper”

  16. Silk worm

  17. Making Silk • Silk making

  18. Chinese pyramids!!!!

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