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“The Middle Kingdom”. Why do the call their country the Middle Kingdom ? (see notes). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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“The Middle Kingdom”

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Why do the call their country the Middle Kingdom? (see notes)

• Himalayan Mountains to the Southwest, thick Jungles to the South, Ocean to the East, Siberia North/northeast, Gobi Desert to the North, Taklamakan desert west/northwest (Taklamakan means to “two enter one leaves” (or something to that effect in local Uighur language)

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Longshanwas a tribal but specialized culture in China, centered on the central and lower Yellow River and

dated from about 3000 BC to 2000 BC.

• high level of skill in pottery making,

• the establishment of cities, as rammed earth walls and moats

• Rice cultivation

• Early small scale silk production

• Divination using cracked cattle bones

•Beginning of Chinese Writing

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夏朝 Xia Dynasty:From Myth to Reality(1959)

• ca. 2070 BC–ca. 1600 BC • Capital: Yangcheng •United surrounding warring tribes to control

the flooding of the River•Yu the Great succeeded after 13 years!•Diverted the river via canals; not by dikes•Establishment of Feudalism and •hereditary monarchy•Slavery•Currency: Cowries•Astronomy•Calendar based on the Great Dipper (Lunar)•Development of Animal Husbandry

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商朝Shang Dynasty

• Bronze workers • Development of writing system to over 3,000 characters/symbols• Record keeping using turtle shells• Ancestral worship• Military superiority

1600 BC–1046 BC

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周朝Zhou Dynasty

1045 BC–256 BC

•Philosophy•Bureaucracy•Economic growth•The looooooooooongest dynasty

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The dynastic cycle refers to the rise and fall of dynasties.

The Dynastic Cycle in China

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Chinese Traditional Social Hierarchy

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Hundred Schools of Thought• The fish trap exists because of the fish; once you've gotten the fish

you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit; once you've gotten the rabbit you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning; once you have the meaning you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten

words so I can have a few words with him?        -Zhuangzi • What one does not wish for oneself, one ought not to do to anyone

else. -Confucius • People are submissive to power, and few of them can be influenced

by doctrines of righteousness. -Han Feizi• Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. –Lao Tzu


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