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23 February 2010
1. Please take out your notes and a pencil
2. Wait quietly
Ancient ChinaAncient China
2000 B.C.- 220 A.D.2000 B.C.- 220 A.D.
The Xia Period to the Han The Xia Period to the Han DynastyDynasty
Xia Legendary Period
2000 B.C. to 1700 B.C. We know about this period through stories “Superheroes” taught people how to:
1. Find food2. Make clothing3. Build shelter4. Control flooding 5. Grow crops
Shang Dynasty The First Dynasty in China 1760 B.C. – 1500 B.C. Huang River Valley Farming was the way of life Grew: grains, millet, rice Raised animals
Huang (Yellow) River
Shang (continued) Bronze developed Melting together copper and tin Oracle Bones used to predict the
future First written records in China
• Smelting Bronze
Oracle Bone
Wrote questionsHeated with fireCracks gave answers
Zhou Dynasties Zhou defeated the Shang in 1027
B.C. This period lasted more than 800
years 2 Dynasties:
1. Western Zhou Dynasty
2. Eastern Zhou Dynasty
Western Zhou Dynasty Capital city: Hao
Most people were farmers
Grew wheat, rice, beans, and fruit
Women harvested crops and made silk
Eastern Zhou Dynasty 770 B.C. – 221 B.C.
Capital city: Luoyang (in eastern China)
Referred to as the “Golden Age”
Eastern Zhou Advancements
New system of money
Flood control, irrigation, canal building
Built walls to protect villages from nomadic raiders
Begin to use IRON to make weapons and tools
Other Changes (Eastern Zhou)
King’s power weakened due to constant warfare
Traditions challenged, new ideas emerged
More people became scholars, teachers, and government officials
Nomadic raiders
Nomadic Raiders
Qin Shi Qin Shi HuangdiHuangdi
Qin Dynasty 221 B.C. – 206 B.C. Civil war took place at the end of
the Zhou Dynasty The “Qin” state won Qin Shi Huangdi became China’s
first emperor Divided into 36 provinces
Shi Huangdi built the Great Wall to protect against
northern invaders
Qin Dynasty Advancements Centralized the government The Great Wall was built Standardized systems:
1. Money2. Weights3. Measures
End of the Qin Dynasty
Peasants revolted against the rule of Shi Huangdi
Han Dynasty 206 B.C. – 220 A.D.
First Ruler: Han Gaozu
Han Gaozu 1st ruler of the Han Dynasty
Peasant leader in the revolt against Shi Huangdi
Ended the ban on books imposed by the Qin Dynasty
Wu Di Han Emperor 141 B.C. – 87 B.C. Made many changes:
1. Took land from nobles, divided it, and gave it to commoners
2. Took power away from people who
challenged him
Wu Di (changes)3. Taxed imports and exports4. Built new roads to increase trade5. Supported education and the arts6. Encouraged accurate historical accounts to be written7. Civil Service jobs given due to skill, not family position
Han Dynasty Inventions Middleman Porcelain Paper and Ink The Silk Road