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ANCIENT CHINA

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

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ANCIENT CHINA Great Wall Mandate of Heaven Dynasties Silk astronomy

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Early Chinese will settle near the Yellow and Yangzi Rivers Eastern China can be split: GEOGRAPHY NorthernSouthern Yellow River Valley Dry, cold climate Loess soil Suitable for growing millet Yangzi Valley Plentiful rainfall, relatively warm Rainy, suitable for cultivating rice

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CHINA

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Earliest Civilization forms around the Yellow River (Huang He) Also known as river of sorrow YELLOW RIVER CIVILIZATION

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

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Develop Chinas 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 SHANG PERIOD (1750-1045BCE)

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ORACLE BONES FROM SHANG Two important aspects of Chinese society & religion: ancestor worship + fortune-telling

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

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Innovations: -built roads and canals -coined money / helped trade -furnaces produced cast iron -advancements in agriculture ZHOU DYNASTY

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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. ZHOU DYNASTY

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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). QIN DYNASTY

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Built by Shi Huangdi to keep the Mongols out GREAT WALL OF CHINA

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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

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SILK WORM

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Silk making Silk making MAKING SILK

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CHINESE PYRAMIDS!!!!