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China.ppt
• The walls of China were built:
– 1,500 years after the walls of Ur
– 1,000 years after the great pyramids of Egypt
– 1,000 years after the planned cities of the Indus
Valley
• The civilization that began along one of China’s
river systems 3,500 years ago continues to thrive
today .
• The reason for this endurance lies partly in
China’s geography.
GEOGRAPHY
• Natural barriers isolated ancient China from
all other civilizations.
• Huang He (Yellow River) is 2,900 miles long
(aka, the “river of sorrows”); Chang Jiang
(Yangtze River) is 3,400 miles long
• About 10% of the total area is suitable for
farming; mountain ranges and deserts
dominate about 2/3 of China’s land mass.
Because of China’s relative geographic
isolation, early settlers had to supply their
own goods rather than trading w/outside
peoples.
• Throughout China’s long history, its
political boundaries expanded and
contracted depending on the strength or
weakness of its ruling families.
• Yet China remained a center of
civilization.
• In the Chinese view, people who lived
outside of Chinese civilization were
barbarians.
• They saw their country as the center of
the civilized world, their own name for
China was the Middle Kingdom.
GOVERNMENT
What is a dynasty?
• Chinese historians have traditionally dated the
beginning of Chinese civilization to the founding
of the Xia dynasty over four thousand years ago.
• Actual events of this time are unknown.
• About the time the civilizations of Mesopotamia,
Egypt, and the Indus Valley fell to outside
invaders, a people called the Shang rose to power
in northern China around 1750 B.C.E. The Shang
Dynasty became the first family of Chinese rulers
to leave written records.
• The early Chinese dynasties were the Xia,
Shang, Zhou, and Qin.
• The Shang Dynasty (1750-1122 B.C.E.) was
mostly a farming society ruled by an
aristocracy (an upper class whose wealth is
based on land and whose power is passed
from generation to generation).
The Shang King
• The Shang king ruled from the capital city of
Anyang.
– His realm was divided into territories governed
by aristocratic warlords
– He was responsible for guarding the realm
– He controlled large armies.
– He led other noble warriors in battle.
• Like rulers in Mesopotamia and Egypt, early
Chinese kings were buried with corpses of
their faithful servants in the royal tombs.
The Zhou Dynasty
• 1045-256 B.C.E.
• The longest lasting dynasty in Chinese
history.
• They overthrew the Shang dynasty and
believed that it was a “mandate of heaven”
to rule China.
• It was believed that heaven kept order in the
universe through the Zhou king.
Qin Dynasty
• 221 – 206 B.C.E.
• Many political changes occurred during
this dynasty.
• Bureaucracy was divided into three
parts: Civil Division, Military Division
and the Censorate (inspectors who
checked on government officials).
• The Great Wall was constructed in the
vicinity of the Gobi.
HAN DYNASTY
• The Han Dynasty ruled from 206 B.C.E. to
220 C.E. It was the first dynasty to embrace
the philosophy of Confucianism, which
became the ideological underpinning of all
regimes until the end of imperial China.
Under the Han Dynasty, China made great
advances in many areas of the arts and
sciences.
SOCIETY & RELIGION
• Shang society was sharply divided between
nobles and peasants.
• Social Classes:
– ruler
– warrior-nobles (owned the land)
– farming villages (worked on farms/fixed
canals, lived in timber/stone houses)
– peasants (tilled the soil for their overlords)
FAMILY
• The family was central to Chinese society; the
most important virtue was respect for one’s
parents.
• The father (elder man) controlled the family’s
property and made important decisions, women
were treated as inferior (they were expected to
obey their fathers, their husbands, and later their
own sons).
• Young girls’ marriages were arranged, and she
moved into the house of her husband. Only by
bearing sons for her husband’s family could she
hope to improve her status.
• A person’s chief loyalty throughout life was to the
family.
RELIGION
• In China, the family was closely linked to
religion.
• Ancestral worship: They believed that the
spirits of family ancestors had the power to
bring good fortune or disaster to living
members of the family.
• Shang king consulted the gods through the
use of oracle bones.
• Yin Yang
CONFUCIANISM
• Born 551 B.C.E., Confucius was known to
the Chinese as the first teacher. His name
means “Master Kung”.
• Main idea of Confucianism: Duty and
humanity --
–to the father and son
–the husband and the wife
–then older siblings to younger siblings.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS
In no particular order:
• Metallurgy: Iron weapons (more powerful
than bronze)
• Crossbow, iron plows, axes, wheel barrow,
water wheel
• Kites, umbrellas
• Horse collar
INNOVATIONS
• Seismograph (detects earthquakes)
• Ship’s rudder
• Tea
• Guns and canons
• Great Wall of China
–Built during Qin dynasty, 210 b.c.e.,
– approx. 4,000 miles long
–15-30 feet high
–Built to keep out barbarians
Great Wall from outer space
MEDICINE
• acupuncture: treated disease & pain
• herbal remedies
• 1st vaccination for small pox
• used cold baths to reduce fevers
ASTRONOMY
• They studied the movements of the planets
and found the 365 ¼ day calendar.
• decimal system
• Mongols invade the forbidden city 4:48
DISCOVERIES
• In 1974, farmers digging a well about 35
miles east of Xian discovered an army of
terra-cotta warriors.
SILK ROAD
• silk (most valuable export, it was a secret)
• porcelain, glazed pottery
• compass
• gunpowder, fireworks, matches
• paper
–block printing, 1st paper money

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China.ppt

  • 2. • The walls of China were built: – 1,500 years after the walls of Ur – 1,000 years after the great pyramids of Egypt – 1,000 years after the planned cities of the Indus Valley • The civilization that began along one of China’s river systems 3,500 years ago continues to thrive today . • The reason for this endurance lies partly in China’s geography.
  • 3. GEOGRAPHY • Natural barriers isolated ancient China from all other civilizations. • Huang He (Yellow River) is 2,900 miles long (aka, the “river of sorrows”); Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) is 3,400 miles long • About 10% of the total area is suitable for farming; mountain ranges and deserts dominate about 2/3 of China’s land mass. Because of China’s relative geographic isolation, early settlers had to supply their own goods rather than trading w/outside peoples.
  • 4. • Throughout China’s long history, its political boundaries expanded and contracted depending on the strength or weakness of its ruling families. • Yet China remained a center of civilization. • In the Chinese view, people who lived outside of Chinese civilization were barbarians. • They saw their country as the center of the civilized world, their own name for China was the Middle Kingdom.
  • 5. GOVERNMENT What is a dynasty? • Chinese historians have traditionally dated the beginning of Chinese civilization to the founding of the Xia dynasty over four thousand years ago. • Actual events of this time are unknown. • About the time the civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley fell to outside invaders, a people called the Shang rose to power in northern China around 1750 B.C.E. The Shang Dynasty became the first family of Chinese rulers to leave written records.
  • 6. • The early Chinese dynasties were the Xia, Shang, Zhou, and Qin. • The Shang Dynasty (1750-1122 B.C.E.) was mostly a farming society ruled by an aristocracy (an upper class whose wealth is based on land and whose power is passed from generation to generation).
  • 7. The Shang King • The Shang king ruled from the capital city of Anyang. – His realm was divided into territories governed by aristocratic warlords – He was responsible for guarding the realm – He controlled large armies. – He led other noble warriors in battle. • Like rulers in Mesopotamia and Egypt, early Chinese kings were buried with corpses of their faithful servants in the royal tombs.
  • 8. The Zhou Dynasty • 1045-256 B.C.E. • The longest lasting dynasty in Chinese history. • They overthrew the Shang dynasty and believed that it was a “mandate of heaven” to rule China. • It was believed that heaven kept order in the universe through the Zhou king.
  • 9. Qin Dynasty • 221 – 206 B.C.E. • Many political changes occurred during this dynasty. • Bureaucracy was divided into three parts: Civil Division, Military Division and the Censorate (inspectors who checked on government officials). • The Great Wall was constructed in the vicinity of the Gobi.
  • 10. HAN DYNASTY • The Han Dynasty ruled from 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E. It was the first dynasty to embrace the philosophy of Confucianism, which became the ideological underpinning of all regimes until the end of imperial China. Under the Han Dynasty, China made great advances in many areas of the arts and sciences.
  • 11. SOCIETY & RELIGION • Shang society was sharply divided between nobles and peasants. • Social Classes: – ruler – warrior-nobles (owned the land) – farming villages (worked on farms/fixed canals, lived in timber/stone houses) – peasants (tilled the soil for their overlords)
  • 12. FAMILY • The family was central to Chinese society; the most important virtue was respect for one’s parents. • The father (elder man) controlled the family’s property and made important decisions, women were treated as inferior (they were expected to obey their fathers, their husbands, and later their own sons). • Young girls’ marriages were arranged, and she moved into the house of her husband. Only by bearing sons for her husband’s family could she hope to improve her status. • A person’s chief loyalty throughout life was to the family.
  • 13. RELIGION • In China, the family was closely linked to religion. • Ancestral worship: They believed that the spirits of family ancestors had the power to bring good fortune or disaster to living members of the family. • Shang king consulted the gods through the use of oracle bones. • Yin Yang
  • 14. CONFUCIANISM • Born 551 B.C.E., Confucius was known to the Chinese as the first teacher. His name means “Master Kung”. • Main idea of Confucianism: Duty and humanity -- –to the father and son –the husband and the wife –then older siblings to younger siblings.
  • 15. MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS In no particular order: • Metallurgy: Iron weapons (more powerful than bronze) • Crossbow, iron plows, axes, wheel barrow, water wheel • Kites, umbrellas • Horse collar
  • 16. INNOVATIONS • Seismograph (detects earthquakes) • Ship’s rudder • Tea • Guns and canons
  • 17. • Great Wall of China –Built during Qin dynasty, 210 b.c.e., – approx. 4,000 miles long –15-30 feet high –Built to keep out barbarians
  • 18. Great Wall from outer space
  • 19. MEDICINE • acupuncture: treated disease & pain • herbal remedies • 1st vaccination for small pox • used cold baths to reduce fevers
  • 20. ASTRONOMY • They studied the movements of the planets and found the 365 ¼ day calendar. • decimal system
  • 21. • Mongols invade the forbidden city 4:48
  • 22. DISCOVERIES • In 1974, farmers digging a well about 35 miles east of Xian discovered an army of terra-cotta warriors.
  • 23. SILK ROAD • silk (most valuable export, it was a secret) • porcelain, glazed pottery • compass • gunpowder, fireworks, matches • paper –block printing, 1st paper money