1. Ancient China Yeah, its awesome too

2. Himalayas Gobi Desert River Valleys 3. From the map

What does China have in common with all of the other ancient civilizations we have studied?

RIVERS

4. Yellow River 5. Yangtze River 6. Three Gorges Dam 7. Three Gorges Dam

Has displaced over 1 million people.

• Everyone in Champaign-Urbana, Bloomington, Danville, Springfield, and Peoria has to pick up an move.

The government is making them move for benefit of the country

• Do you think that this is right or wrong?

• If the U.S. Government made all of you pick up and move to another state, would you?

8. 9.

Its said that because of the amount of water held by the dam, the earths rotation could be altered

DAAAAAAAAAM!

10. 11. Chinese Climate

MonsoonSeason Winter

Months and months of just rain

Allows for farmable land in China

12. 13. 14. 15. Chinas culture

Is ancient China more similar or more different than the other cultures we have studied?

Is modern China more similar or more different than our culture?

How does this difference reflect Chinas geography?

16. 17. Mt. Everest 18. Gobi Desert 19. 20. Their surroundings?

Mt. Everest highest mountain in the world

• Part of the Himalayas

The Gobi Desert 4 thlargest and 1 stdriest desert in the world

• Thats hot!

21. Himalayas Gobi Desert River Valleys What does it all add up to? 22. Ancient Chinese Culture

It is very unique because China is extremely isolated from the rest of Asia

It makes sense

• They never were contacted by other groups, thus their culture developed very uniquely

23. Political Structure/ philosophy

Mandate of Heaven

• Read the Mandate of Heavenhandout and answer the questions attached for homework

• According to the Mandate, under what circumstances did the people have a right to revolt?

24. Mandate of Heaven

• Heavenwould bless the authority of a just ruler, but would be displeased with a despotic ruler and would withdraw its mandate. The Mandate of Heaven would then transfer to those who would rule best.

25. Social Structure

Filial Piety

Filial means son or daughter

Piety means respect

What does filial piety mean?

26. Filial piety

Obedience to ones ancestors because of love and respect

27. A Womans Place

A clever man builds a city,

A clever woman lays one low;

With all her qualifications,

that clever woman is but an ill-omened bird.

• What was the womans place, do you think?

28. Chinese philosophy/religion

First up is Buddhism

Started in India

This caught on in China for a number of reasons

• Buddhism spread because of the Silk Road

• Not just silk, remember?

Buddhism had many characteristics from other Chinese philosophies

29. Buddhisms principal beliefs

The physical surroundings are an illusion

• Material things are pointless, and they cause us pain because we care about them too much

Letting go of your worldly cares can bring you close to peace and one with the world

• This is callednirvana

30. Four Noble Truths

Ordinary life is full of suffering

This suffering is caused by our desire to satisfy ourselves

The way to end the suffering is to end selfish desire and to see others as extensions of ourselves

The way to end desire is to follow the Middle Path

ANYONE CAN DO THIS

• Buddha rejected castes

31. The Chinese LOVED THIS

They were in rigid social classes as well, but their rulers didnt mind if their subjects tried to reach heaven

32. Chinese religion/philosophy

Confucianism founded by Confucius

His interests were not religious, but philosophical

Known as the first teacher

33. Confucianism

Confucius believed in merit-based government

Merit-based:

• If you studied hard and got an A in Government class, you might be pushed to go into politics

• Ruling is not just for the elite, but for those who can serve well

34. Confucianism

What do Confucists believe?

Serve your family, and those in power above you.

Besubservientb/c you should respect your ancestors

What do you think about being subservient to all those above and older than you as a belief system?

35. Chinese religion/philosophy

Daoism (Taoism)

• Based on the teaching of Lao Tzu (Laoze)

Like Confucianism, was not concerned with the meaning of the universe

The best way to improve the world, was not to do things, but to practice inaction

Why was this philosophy attractive?

36.

The universe is sacred

You cannot improve it

If you try to change it, you will ruin it

If you try to hold it, you will lose it.

- Lao Tsu

What did Taoists think about nature?

37. Daoism

Taoists had a deep reverence for nature

38. Chinese Religion/Philosophy

Legalism

• No official founder

Legalists beliefs

People are naturally bad

Laws should be impersonal and harsh

39. Legalism

People should be ruled by a strong powerful leader to control them

Who do you think came up with the idea that China should be rules by a strong leader with lots of power?

40. Not built in a Day: The Great Wall 41. The Who:

Parts of the wall were built by previous rulers

First emperor of Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang, connected all the differing parts of wall, making it a single wall of rammed earth (more like a mound)

Forced many workers to build the wall and many died

42. The What:

Worlds longest man-made structure

Over 3,948 miles long

Questionable whether visible from space (many believe binoculars and clear weather conditions are needed)

43. The Where:

Located in China

Starts at Bo Hai Sea in the east and extends east to protect the treasure that is, Beijing

Qin Shi Huangs wall was located further north than the Great Wall todaylittle of the original exists today

44. The When:

Original Qin Shi Huang wall started in 208 BCE

Various walls built by other dynasties

Great Wall as we see it today was built by the Ming Dynasty from 1560-1640 CE in reaction to the Mongols siege of Beijing in 1550 CE

45. The Why:

Built to keep out the nomadic tribes from the north (modern-day Mongolia & Manchuria)

Also frontier demarcation (Youre in my territory now!)

46. The How:

Quarried what was available in the area: limestone, granite

Fired bricks

Would build two big outer walls, fill in between with dirt and rubble, then pave over the top, thus connecting the two walls

In desert locales, used dirt rammed between wood tied together with woven mats

47. Juyongguan 48. Juyongguan

37 miles northwest of Beijing

Strategically protected Beijing

One of three greatest passes of the Great Wall

What is seen now at Juyongguan was built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and renovated in the 1990s

49. Letsget Started !! 50. On the way to Station #1:kinda crowded 51. Whew! One down. View from Watch Tower Engraved certificate, anyone? 52. 53. 54. 55. Graffiti, the universal language