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CHINA3000 B.C. – 300 B.C.
RiversThe Huang (Yellow River)
2,900 miles acrossFertile Soil “Loess” Yellow tintFloods/Built dikes
The ChangXi
Geographical Setting/Natural BarriersGobi Desert (Harsh)
Himalayan Mnts. (Rugged)
Rain Forests
Pacific Ocean
Well Protected (Strong Identity & Distinctive Culture)
Civilizations Dynasty
Rulers from same family
Shang DynastyCreated China’s first dynastyBureaucracy (Well organized government)Introduced simple irrigation & Flood Control
Zhou Dynasty“Mandate of Heaven” (Right to Rule)Longest dynasty in history
Qin DynastyAutocracyShort dynasty 15 years
CivilizationsHan Dynasty
Civil Service System (Elite)
Price Leveling System
Trade “Silk Road”
ReligionPolytheistic
Gods of Nature & Control Human Destiny
AnimismAll spirits inhabit everything – Ancestor worship
Oracle BonesPriests important
BuddhismConfucianismDaoismLegalism
GovernmentDynastiesFeudal System
Territories ruled by familyNobles
Mandate from Heaven
Bureaucracy
Autocracy
Civil Service
Leaders• Shang Dynasty
• Zhou Dynasty
• Qin Dynasty
• Han Dynasty
Written LanguagePictographs
IdeogramsIdeas or activities
CalligraphyEventually writing became art
Ideograms
Social ClassesShang Dynasty
KingsNoblesPriestsPeasants
Zhou DynastyGovernment OfficialsSoldiersArtisansMerchantsPeasants
AchievementsCalendarLeveling SystemCalligraphyGenealogyAcupunctureAstronomyIrrigationJade OrnamentsIvory CarvingsPaperSundial
Bronze Weapons
The Spoke Wheel
Pottery, Porcelain
Silk Textiles
Two-Horse Chariot
Yoke & Harness
Seismograph