By: Mekayla Alice Manning

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Ancient China

• By Mekayla Alice Manning

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The Shang Dynasty

• It lasted from 1760-1500 B.C.
• They made their cloth from silk and flax.
• People grew grains like millet and rice.
• Animals were raised.
• These were the first people in China to keep
  written records.
• They kept records on bronze, shells, stones, and
  bones.

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The Zhou Dynasty

• This dynasty was the longest dynasty.
• It started in 1027 B.C.
• In 800 years there were 2 periods.
• Western Zhou
• The people were farmers who grew wheat, rice,
  beans, and fruit.
• Farmers gave food and valuables to the king.
• Mostly woman harvested the crops.
• Woman were also in charge of silk which was
  important.
• Eastern Zhou
• It lasted from 770 B.C. -221 B.C.
• The Golden Age was its nickname.
• The economy thrived in this period.
• They had projects like flood control, irrigation,
  and canal building.
• People built huge walls to keep out nomadic or
  wandering people.
• Iron was used to make farm tools and weapons.
• Many people became scholars, teachers, and
  government officials.
  

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The Han Dynasty

• It lasted from 206 B.C. -220 A.D.
• Present day Vietnam and Cambodia is as far as it
  stretched.
• The 1st Han ruler was a peasant named Han Gaozu.
• He lifted the ban on books.
• Wu di ruled from 141-87 B.C.
• He divided lands owned by princes and lords.
• Wu di also taxed imported and exported trade
  goods plus he built new roads.
• He valued contributions of scholars and teachers,
• Sima Qian wrote the first complete history book
  on China in this period.
• Ban Zhao continued Sima Qians work.
• Wu di was civil service.
• Officials had to take civil service exams to work
  for the government.

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The Qin Dynasty

• In 221 B.C. Shi Hungdi became the 1st emperor of
  this dynasty.
• He was divided by 36 provinces.
• Shi Hungdi made the government more centralized.
• The money, weights, and measurement systems were
  all standardized.
• The great wall was built.
• It took hundreds of years to build the great
  wall.
• Shi Huangdi punished anyone who criticized him.
• People were oppressed by Shis ruling so they
  revolted.
• The Qin dynasty ended after the emperor died.
• The Qin dynasty lasted only about 20 years.

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Terra Cotta Warriors

• They are clay warriors who guarded Shi Huangdis
  tomb.
• They are all arranged in battle formations to
  protect him in his after life.
• They all have different faces that were sculpted
  from real soldiers.
• It took 40 years to make all the warriors.
• They were important because they guarded the
  first emperor of Chinas tomb.

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Chinese Inventions

• The Chinese invented Porcelain.
• They also invented paper.
• Ink was also one of their inventions.
• Another one of their inventions is the noodles.
• The Chinese were the first to discover the
  rudder.
• They processed grain with bamboo machinery.

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The Bronze Age

• The Bronze Age was during the Shang dynasty.
• It was the period of time when tools and weapons
  were made out of bronze.
• We have some of the very first Chinese writing on
  bronze from the Shang dynasty.
• Bronze working entered China around 2000 B.C.

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The Great Wall of China

• The Great Wall of China was built during the Qin
  dynasty.
• Emperor Qin instructed the building of it.
• It was built to keep intruders out.
• It wrapped around China and went for thousands of
  miles.
• The wall was built over 2000 years ago.
• It was over 5000 km long.
• 7.5 meters was as tall as it got.

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The Silk Road

• The Silk Road went through northern China and
  across Asia to the Roman Empire.
• It was the only way to connect China to the rest
  of the world.
• The Silk Road was got its name from a German
  geographer named Ferdinand Freiherr von
  Richthafen.
• The overland link lost its importance when trade
  across the seas began to develop.
• The Silk Road is actually a simple name for a
  complex network

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Confuciuos

• Confucius was the first teacher in China.
• One of his ideas was A mistake not corrected is
  a mistake.
• Another one of his ideas was Treat People how
  you want to be treated.
• A third theory of his was A man should practice
  what he preaches, but a man should also preach
  what he practices.
• His theories were about law, life, and the
  government.
• He is important because of all the things he
  taught people.

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Confucianism

• Confucianism is a social code of behavior.
• It honors ancestors and ancient rituals.
• These ideas stress the need to develop
  responsibility and moral character.
• One rule was that men could only display their
  archery skills on three hunts a year during the
  autumn, spring, and winter.

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Daoism

• Daoism is The Way (to happiness).
• Like Confucianism it is not a religion.
• Unlike Confucianism Daoism is a philosophy.
• Daoists are firm believers in joy and laughter.
• They think if you think about things and look at
  life in a certain way youll be much happier.
• One saying is "A clever mind is not a heart.
• Another is There is more to knowing than just
  being correct.
• A third one is The wise know their limitations
  the foolish do not.