1. The Essential Question: What is the legacy of dynastic rule in China?
Dynasties Rule!
The Essential Question:
What is the legacy of dynastic rule in China?

2. Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic Mao Zedong
Chinese Dynasty Song to the tune of Frere Jacques
Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han
Sui, Tang, Song
Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic
Mao Zedong

3. Extended Family “Family was the center of early Chinese society.”
More than just your immediate family (mom, dad, siblings)
Includes grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and immediate family
As many as 5 generations would live together.
The authority was the oldest living man.

5. Family Names First to use 2 names
“family name” is the one you get from your family
Ms. Fenton’s family name is “Fenton”
In China, family name is listed FIRST
Opposite of America
Yao Ming=China
Ming Yao=USA
Fenton Angela= China
Angela Fenton=USA
Shows the importance of family in Chinese culture!

6. Dynasty- a line of hereditary rulers of a country: the Tang dynasty.
･a succession of people from the same family who play a prominent role in business, politics, or another field

7. Dynasty Focus Zhou (Jou) Qin (pronounced Chin) Tang Yuan Ming
Qing (pronounced Ching)

9. Commemorative Marker
Your task is to create a commemorative marker that highlights the importance of your dynasty. The commemorative marker should honor the memory of your dynasty.
Create the commemorative marker so that it answers the following questions: What is it? Why is it important?

10. Commemorative Marker
Commemorative Marker Example: Commemorative markers include an illustration. A commemorative marker commemorates and summarizes the significance of important people, places, or events (for significant people, it could be a “Marco Polo slept here…”) Commemorative markers look like a plaque.
The Alamo
Once a chapel, the Alamo is an important landmark in the history of the Southwest. In 1836, during the war for Texan independence, a small group of Americans made a dramatic stand against a much larger Mexican force. The Mexicans, under General Santa Anna, surrounded the Alamo and eventually killed all of its defenders. Rallying around the phrase “Remember the Alamo!”, Texans later defeated Santa Anna and forced Mexico to recognize Texas as an independent state.

11. Examples

12. Eulogy Example
Eulogy Example: A eulogy summarizes the accomplishments and describes how those accomplishments are seen in the world today.

13. What are the major rivers of China?
Huang He
Yellow River
China’s Sorrow
Chang Jiang
Yangtze

14. Dynastic China Shang Dynasty (1766-1027 BCE)
Agricultural civilization centered around the Huang He River Valley (Yellow river)
Credited with development of: -silk fabric -Chinese writing -ancestor worship
Spoke to ancestors through oracle bones

15. Dynastic China Zhou (Chou) Dynasty (1027-256 BCE)
Claimed they had a right to rule because they possessed the Mandate of Heaven: permission to rule was granted by the divine power
Mandate of Heaven was later used to explain the Dynastic Cycle: a dynasty would remain in power as long as it was providing good govt.
Development of silk and the beginnings of the exportation of this resource
Development of bookmaking
Confucius lived
551 BCE-479 BCE

16. Dynasty- a line of hereditary rulers of a country: the Tang dynasty.
･a succession of people from the same family who play a prominent role in business, politics, or another field

17. Qin Dynasty (221 – 206 BCE) Shi Huangdi- China’s first emperor
Unified China for the first time
Known for warfare: developed cavalry
Favored Legalism: the state had absolute control and the nobility lost their power
Achievements: standardized the language, writing, currency, & measurements
Began Great Wall of China built to protect from Northern invasions
Punished any opposition and burned books

18. The Great Wall
The Great Wall, one of the great wonders of the world, is one of the largest building-construction projects ever carried out, running (with all its branches) about 4,500 miles east to west from Shanhaiguan Pass to Jiayuguan Pass. Without its branches and other secondary sections, the wall extends for some 4,160 miles, often tracing the crestlines of hills and mountains as it snakes across the Chinese countryside.

21. The picture from NASA… I’m not really sure about this…

22. The Terra-Cotta Soldiers
This is a small part of the tomb of the Emperor Qin Shihuangdi (She-Hwang-dee) of the Qin dynasty who died in 210 BC. There are more than 6000 life-size figures and horses made of terra-cotta. The figures were modeled after the emperor’s real army, and each face is different. They were supposed to guard the crypt and protect their ruler on his afterlife journey. The burial mound, in the northern province of Shaanxi, was discovered in 1974.

23. Terracotta Warriors Built to protect Shi Huangdi’s tomb
Over 2000 clay soldiers in the “ready” position
All with weapons, horses, armor, etc.
Each face is different, as if it were a real army
Found in 1974 by peasants looking for a well
Still being excavated today
Outside of modern day city of Xi’an

29. Confucianism becomes state policy Buddhism brought to China (200 CE)
Han Dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE)
Considered China’s Golden Age
Govt. focused on economic development: the Silk Road
~ stretched as far as Mesopotamia and India (4000 miles)
~ main method of exchange btwn. China and other cultures
~ main export: silk
~ imports: glass, cloth, food, architecture, gold, camels, Buddhism brought to China from India (200 CE)
Confucianism was the state belief system: civil service workers had to pass a Civil Service Exam to get a job: the Merit System
Achievements: adv. in science, accurate clocks, ship rudders, & PAPER
Confucianism becomes state policy
Buddhism brought to China (200 CE)

30. What’s the Silk Road and why should I care?
Trade route connecting China to Europe
Used to trade silk from China
Not an actual road
4000+ miles long
Very dangerous
Travelers would often be in large groups

31. Tang Dynasty: strict social structure developed, development of gunpowder, block printing, & the first vaccinations
Song Dynasty: movable type printing

32. MONGOL EMPIRE
1200’s AD
From the region that we now know as Mongolia (SHOCK! Can you believe it?!)
Biggest land empire in history
From Pacific Ocean to Caucasus Mountains
Savage conquerors
Very tolerant of other cultures
Very big on JUSTICE
Trade was big
So were art, culture, and scientific inventions.

34. GENGHIS KHAN Leader of Mongol empire Name means “World Emperor”
Amazing planner
Sent 100,000 Mongol horsemen to invade China

35. Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 AD) Kind of a “sub dynasty” of Mongols
Established modern day capital of Beijing

36. Technologically advanced
Postal System (like pony express)
Printing press
Paper money
Magnetic compass
Gun powder

37. Visited by Marco Polo
Most of what we know about the Yuan dynasty is from the writings of explorers like Polo

38. KUBLAI KHAN Grandson of Genghis Khan Ruler of Yuan dynasty
Empire grew under his rule
Tried UNSUCCESSFULLY to invade Japan many times
Empire fell apart after his death

40. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD) Major growth in the Arts
Built the Forbidden City in Beijing

43. Diffusion of Chinese Culture
Japan
Retained political independence
Copied Chinese models of government
Adopted Confucian philosophy, historical writing, and architecture (pagoda)
Japanese modified the Chinese system of writing
Buddhism became the dominant religion in Japan
Eventually, the influence of China declined in the 9th century
Long-term impact: Zen Buddhism, which is still a dominant faith in Japan today