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Ancient ChinaChapter 4
Geographical Influences
Mountains, sea, and desert provide some protection and isolation
Vulnerable to northwest River valleys
Yellow (Huang He) - earliest civilization - damaging floods
Yangtze - very important in unification- transportation- irrigation
Outside China during Shang period (1750BC – 1000BC)
Hammurabi’s code Mycenaean Civilization In Greece Vedic period in India Stonehenge in England Moses led Israelites out of Egypt Mayans processed rubber King Tut Homer’s Troy fell Ramses II of Egypt
Earliest Civilizations - most isolated
Earliest group – (Neolithic) Ban Po- similar to other parts of the world/ one of the oldest civilizations
Shang Dynasty 1750-1000 BC (FIRST DYNASTY) in N. China along the Huang He - raised silk worms - silk part fascination of China, famous for bronze sculpture, daggers, jade jewelry paid homage to ancestors- family important
Zhou Dynasty 1000-256 BC – longest dynasty – developed foundations for Chinese society
Dynastic Cycle & Mandate of Heaven
Mandate of Heaven Divine (heavenly)
approval giving the right to rule to the emperor
Zhou Dynasty
Wu Wang – first king of Zhou, gave land grants to lords, relatives, & general
Farming was profitable Blast furnace used to create iron Education spread from upper classes
to others Book of Songs – 305 poems 707-480 BC – lords became too
powerful Civil War followed, ending the Zhou
Dynasty
Qin Dynasty
Qin Shin Huangdi – founded dynasty 221BC authoritarian ruler:▪ ordered nobles to capital▪ everyone paid high taxes▪ strict laws & harsh punishments▪ burned books
created unity with coins, weights & measures, and roads & canals
Ordered sections of wall to be joined to form a “Great Wall”
Son overthrown – end of dynasty
Great Wall of China
Han Dynasty Liu Bang – founded dynasty 202BCWudi – greatest leader
built Silk Road for trade with the West established school for civil servants – need for
civil service examination rather than favoritism
improved silk factories; invented paper, stirrups, wheelbarrow; plow with moveable parts
expanded territory from Korea to Vietnam AD220 – warlords attacked & overthrew
emperor
Ancient Philosophies
religions in Ancient China Confucianism – 5 Relationships Daoism – Yin & Yang, balance Buddhism (from India)
showed concerned with ethical life on earth
Filial Piety – obedience and respect for one’s parents
Legalism – strong law and harsh punishment to maintain order, created by Xunzi
Confucianism Moral and ethical code highly developed to
treat everyone with consideration Value on family head- ancestor respect Valued loyalty, righteousness, wisdom,
sincerity Five Relationships: one is an example to
the other, inferior learns from superior Ruler - subjects Father – son Husband – wife Older Brother – younger brother Friend – friend (members of a community)
5 Relationships of Confucius
Daoism (Taoism) and the Laosi
contemporary of ConfuciusDao/Tao = the way the Dao is absolute = sum of
existence goal: to bring people into harmony very introspective not as influential as Confucius,
but still popular
Religion in China
Life and Culture
Sons more important than daughters Ban Zhao – wrote guide for young women,
Admonitions for Girls agrarian economy – based on farming excellent scholars and mathematicians
calculated when eclipse would occur books written on Algebra & Geometry pi (p) calculated to 6 decimal places (3.141592)
physicians needed to pass an examination to practice – patients treated with acupuncture
education and literacy was mostly for upper class – most important during Zhou dynasty
Chinese Cooking Vessel
Terra Cotta Army: First Emperor’s Tomb
Tomb Rubbing