1. Chapter 7 Section 5 Han Contacts with Other Cultures
The Forbidden
City
Palace of the
Emperors

2. During the Han dynasty, Chinese society returned its focus to Confucian ideas, and new inventions were developed. In addition, increased trade allowed other countries to learn about the rich culture of China.

3. Farming and Manufacturing
Questions/Answers
The iron plow and wheelbarrow allowed the Chinese to till more land and raise more crops.
Farming and Manufacturing

4. Silk

5. Silk Worm Cycle

7. They eat
Mulberry Tree
leaves

8. Final Product
Silk fibers
ready to
weave into
cloth
Raw silk

9. Ancient
silk
making
Collecting
silk
Cleaning
the silk
cocoons

10. Silk
extraction
Spinning
silk

11. Silk-making
assembly
line
Silk
production
Weaving
silk on a
loom

12. Checking
silk fabric
for
defects
Ceremony to
bless the silk

13. Silk threads
woven together to
make a beautiful
tapestry
Final
product

14. Trade Routes
Chinese goods, especially silk and fine pottery, were highly valued by people in other lands. During the Han period, the value of these goods to people outside China helped increase trade.
Beautiful
bronze
lantern

15. Silk Road

16. Silk Road and other trade routes

17. Answers/Questions
Caravans on
The
Silk Road

18. Check Your Facts about Chinese Trade and the Silk Road
Chinese kept their procedure
for making silk a secret.
Revealing these secrets was
punishable by death. If the
“word” got out, the Chinese
would no longer dominate the
silk trade.
The Silk Road began in
China and ended at the
Mediterranean Sea.
Because of the popularity of
Silk in Rome, China became
wealthy.

19. Buddhism Comes To China
Questions/answers
Buddhism Comes To China

20. Check Your Important Facts About China and Buddhism
Buddhism would not have caught on in China if the people there weren’t suffering so badly.
There was great suffering in China, and Buddhism deals with human suffering.
Diffusion is the spread of ideas from one culture to another.

21. Modern China Today

22. Summary