ChINA 3000 B.C. – 300 B.C.

Rivers The Huang (Yellow River) The Chang Xi 2,900 miles across Fertile Soil “Loess” Yellow tint Floods/Built dikes The Chang Xi

Geographical Setting/Natural Barriers Gobi Desert (Harsh) Himalayan Mnts. (Rugged) Rain Forests Pacific Ocean Well Protected (Strong Identity & Distinctive Culture)

Civilizations Dynasty Shang Dynasty Zhou Dynasty Qin Dynasty Rulers from same family Shang Dynasty Created China’s first dynasty Bureaucracy (Well organized government) Introduced simple irrigation & Flood Control Zhou Dynasty “Mandate of Heaven” (Right to Rule) Longest dynasty in history Qin Dynasty Autocracy Short dynasty 15 years

Civilizations Han Dynasty Civil Service System (Elite) Price Leveling System Trade “Silk Road”

Religion Polytheistic Animism Oracle Bones Buddhism Confucianism Gods of Nature & Control Human Destiny Animism All spirits inhabit everything – Ancestor worship Oracle Bones Priests important Buddhism Confucianism Daoism Legalism

Government Dynasties Feudal System Mandate from Heaven Bureaucracy Territories ruled by family Nobles Mandate from Heaven Bureaucracy Autocracy Civil Service

Leaders Shang Dynasty Zhou Dynasty Qin Dynasty Han Dynasty

Written Language Pictographs Ideograms Calligraphy Ideas or activities Eventually writing became art

Ideograms

Social Classes Shang Dynasty Zhou Dynasty Kings Nobles Priests Peasants Zhou Dynasty Government Officials Soldiers Artisans Merchants

Achievements Calendar Leveling System Bronze Weapons Calligraphy Genealogy Acupuncture Astronomy Irrigation Jade Ornaments Ivory Carvings Paper Sundial Bronze Weapons The Spoke Wheel Pottery, Porcelain Silk Textiles Two-Horse Chariot Yoke & Harness Seismograph