HISTORY 历史 li shi

What is History?  History is the study of the past  It looks at things that have happened, and why  Because this happened, this happened

The Four Great Chinese Inventions 四大发明 sì dà fā míng 四大发明 sìdàfāmíng  Compass 指南车 zhǐ nán chē 指南车zhǐnánchē  Gunpowder 火药 huǒ yào 火药huǒyào  Paper 纸 zhǐ 纸zhǐ  Printing 印刷术 yìn shuā shù 印刷术yìnshuāshù

COMPASS

GUN POWDER

PAPER

PRINTING PRESS

Chinese Dynasties  Most of Chinese history take place in a thing called a ‘Dynasty’  A Dynasty is a family that rules for many years  There are 13 major Dynasties in Chinese history

Ancient History  历史久远 历史久远  lì shǐ jiǔ yuǎn lìshǐjiǔyuǎn  ancient history ancienthistory  China is one of the oldest places in the world

Xia Dynasty 夏朝

Xia Dynasty BC

Xia Dynasty  The Xia Dynasty was in a small area of land

Shang Dynasty 商朝

Shang Dynasty BC

Shang Dynasty 商朝 商朝  The Shang Dynasty moved out from where the Xia Dynasty started  The Shang began using Oracle Bones to make the first Chinese characters

Zhou Dynasty 周朝

Zhou Dynasty BC

Zhou Dynasty 周朝 周朝  The Zhou Dynasty began to live by the Yellow River  Their Capital was Xi’an  They went as far south as the Yangtze River

Spring and Autumn Period 春秋時代  After the Zhou Dynasty the Spring and Autumn Period Began  Confucianism and Taoism begin  The Capital is moved to Luoyang

Qin Dynasty 秦朝

Qin Dynasty BC

Qin Dynasty 秦朝 秦朝  The Qin began the Great Wall  They began to write down laws, and set down a common written language  They had common currency (money) and standard weights and measurements

Han Dynasty 汉朝

Han Dynasty 206 BC-220 AD

Han Dynasty 汉朝  First meeting with the West because of the Silk Road

Xia Dynasty 夏朝

Shang Dynasty 商朝

Zhou Dynasty 周朝

Qin Dynasty 秦朝

Han Dynasty 汉朝

Modern History  近代史 近代史  jìn dài shǐ jìndàishǐ  History that is not as old, but still old

Three Kingdoms 三国 SānSān guóguó

Three Kingdoms

The Three Kingdoms 三國  Bloodiest part of Chinese History  Lots of wars  Battle of Red Cliffs

Jin Dynasty 晋朝 JìnJìn cháocháo

Jin Dynasty

Jin Dynasty 晋朝  Peace after war

North & South Dynasty 北和南朝

North & South Dynasty

North & South Dynasty 南北朝 南北朝  Times of civil war  Lots of art

Sui Dynasty 随朝

Sui Dynasty

Sui Dynasty 隋朝 隋朝  Country came back together after 400 years of war

Tang Dynasty 唐朝

Tang Dynasty

Tang Dynasty 唐朝 唐朝  Capital city of Xi’an was the largest in the world  Families given fields based on need, not wealth

Song Dynasty 宋朝

Song Dynasty

Song Dynasty 宋朝  First in world to use paper money  Education important

Three Kingdoms

Jin Dynasty

North & South Dynasty

Sui Dynasty

Tang Dynasty

Song Dynasty

Recent History  This is history that is not very old

Yuan Dynasty 元朝

Yuan Dynasty

Yuan Dynasty 元朝  Marco Polo came from the West  Beijing became Capital

Ming Dynasty 明朝

Ming Dynasty

Ming Dynasty 明朝  Lots of trade, especially with Japan  Large navy of ships built  Last building of Great Wall

Qing Dynasty 清朝

Qing Dynasty

Qing Dynasty 清朝  First complete dictionary  West began to occupy China  Opium wars  After 4,000 years, no more dynasties

Republic of China 民国

Republic of China

Republic of China  Sun Yatsen  Slavery ended  Chiang Kai-shek and KMT  Long March begins

People’s Republic of China (PRC) 中花人民共和国

People’s Republic of China (PRC) 1949-Present