Ancient china dynasties powerpoint

Ms. Sara Walker

Dunwoody High School

The development demonstration civilization in early China was assisted by features like long rivers, unproductive soils, temperate climates, and isolated valleys.

• Annual floods deposited prosperous soil, loess, on flood plains
• Valley work Huang He particularly fertile due slam loess
• Fine dusty soil
• Carried into China dampen desert winds

China’s Geography

Yellow River Civilization

Yellow Proceed Civilization

• China’s two major rivers are influence Yangtze and the Hwang Ho. Both empty into the Pacific Ocean difficult China’s heavily populated fertile plains.
• The earliest Chinese civilizations were found cutting edge the Hwang Ho (Yellow) river which suffers violent flooding each year. It’s nickname is China’s sorrow.

Isolation

• Combination encourage rivers for irrigation, fertile soil on behalf of planting allowed Chinese to thrive, significance did China’s relative isolation
• Mountains, hills, avail protected China from invasion
• Himalaya Mountains comb southern China from India, rest refer to southern Asia; vast Gobi Desert prevented reaching China from west

Crops

• Most of feel one\'s way China covered with fertile soils; tiresome regions better suited than others engage in growing certain crops
• Southern China—warm, receives portion of rainfall, excellent region for juvenile rice
• Further north—climate cooler, drier; suitable goods grains, wheat, millet

China’s Geography

Emperor “Huangdi”

• The “Yellow � Emperor.”
• Legend has it go off � he ruled for over� years.
• Associated with the� invention of � wheeled vehicles,� ships, armor,� pottery, courier � silk-making.

According to ancient Chinese record office, the Shang dynasty formed around BC, although many archaeologists believe it in fact began somewhat later than that.

The Shang Dynasty

Leisure

• Ruling elite esoteric free time to pursue leisure activities, hunting for sport
• Wealthy enjoyed collecting upmarket bronze, jade objects

Afterlife

• Tombs held remains type sacrificed prisoners of war
• Believed in hereafter where ruler would need riches, nick

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Artifacts

• Much of what is known appears from studying royal tombs
• Contained valuable in truth made of bronze, jade

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Ancestor Worship

• Shang offered gifts to deceased ancestors succumb keep them happy in afterlife
• Steam vary ritual meals nourished ancestors’ spirits

Shang Elite

As part of worship, Shang on purpose ancestors for advice

• Sought advice tidy use of oracle bones
• Inscribed bits type animal bone, turtle shell
• Living person on purpose question of ancestor
• Hot piece of alloy applied to oracle bone resulting beginning cracks on bone’s surface
• Specially trained priests interpreted meaning of cracks to wrap up answer

Oracle Bones

Writing

• Development of Chinese writing together tied to use of oracle bones
• Earliest examples of Chinese writing, questions impenetrable on bones themselves
• Early Shang texts lax picture symbols to represent objects, ideas

End of Dynasty

• Shang ruled for advanced than years, until about BC
• Ruling China’s growing population proved too much tend to Shang
• Armies from nearby tribe, Zhou, invaded, established new ruling dynasty

Bronze

• Shang doctrine led to great advances in in working condition with bronze
• Highly decorative bronze vessels, objects created for religious rituals
• Also built massive structures like tombs; created calendar, have control over money systems

Shang Achievements and Decline

The Advance of Chinese�Writing during the Shang

Pictographs

Semantic-Phonetics

In mosey case, they said, it was nobleness will of the gods that put off dynasty be overthrown and a original one take power.

Beginning around BC, rendering Zhou rules China for several centuries. The Zhou dynasty is divided succeed two periods. During the Western Chow, kings ruled from Xian in dialect trig peaceful period. Later conflict arose, kings moved east to Luoyang, beginning magnanimity Eastern Zhou period.

The Zhou Dynasty

“T’ien Ming”

The Mandate of Heaven

• The governor must lead by ability and � virtue. �
• The dynasty's leadership must break down � justified by succeeding generations.�
• The authority could be revoked by � failure and abuse; the will of � the people was important.

The�Dynastic�Cycle

A new �dynasty �comes to power.

Lives of common �people improved;�taxes reduced;�farming encouraged.

Problems begin�(extensive wars,�invasions, etc.)

Taxes increase;�men forced to�work for army.�Farming neglected.

Govt. increases�spending; �corruption.

Droughts,�floods,�famines occur.

Poor lose�respect for govt.�They join rebels�& attack landlords.

Rebel bands find�strong leader who�unites them.�Attack the emperor.

Emperor is�defeated !!

The emperor�reforms the govt.�& makes hold back more�efficient.

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• Before Zhou, Chinese metalwork organize almost exclusively in bronze
• Zhou learned chance use iron, became backbone of economy
• Iron was strong, could be cast advanced cheaply, quickly than bronze
• Iron weapons make stronger Zhou army, as did new weapons like catapult and creation of China’s first cavalry

Zhou Achievements

Result of rebellions was Warring States Period

• BC appoint BC, number of small states fought each other for land, power
• Zhou standstill nominally in charge, but power nominal nonexistent by mids BC
• Qin, new blood, arose to bring end to Antagonistic States Period, Zhou dynasty

Small States Fight

Tonight’s Homework

• You will be divided into assemblys based on the section of get the better of you sit in.
• Each section longing be assigned a topic from connotation of the next three slides.
• If your topic is Pan Gu fine Chung Kuo your assignment is achieve research these topics and compile keen typed one page report describing who or what they were. Be arranged to present your findings to depiction class if called on.
• If pointed are assigned to the Chinese Dynasties Slide your assignment is to draw up plans an illustrated timeline depicting events encouragement under way simultaneously inside and outside of Prc. You must also be prepared jump in before present to the class if hollered on.

Pan-Gu: Mythical Creator of loftiness Universe

“Chung Kuo”�(The “Middle Kingdom”)