1. A Brief Chinese History From Legends to the Zhou Dynasty

2. Contents Pre-historic Period (origin) Primitive Society Slave Society Feudal Society Semi-Colonial and Semi-Feudal society Socialist society

3. Destruction of the World (Flood) Creation of Mankind Origin of the World God Almighty God (Trinity) Adam &Eve Noah’s Ark Pangu (a giant) N ǚ wa Fuxi & N ǚ wa N ǚ wa Western Culture Chinese Culture

4. Primitive Society  The primitive ape-men (1.7 million-50,000 years ago) the Paleolithic Period  The primitive clan society the Neolithic Period

5. Yuanmou Man Lantian Man Beijing Man 1.15 million years ago 500, 000 years ago 1.7 million years ago Homo sapiens Paleolithic Period

6. Matriarchal Commune  Time: 6000-7000 years ago  Yangshao Culture (Henan) Patriarchal Commune Time: 5000 years ago Longshan Culture Black pottery Painted pottery

7. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors 燧人氏伏羲氏神农氏 黄帝 颛顼 帝喾 尧帝舜帝

8. Primitive Clan Society hunting, fishing, agriculture, animal husbandry, handicraft, metallurgical manufacture of copper. Yan Di & Huang Di The Demise system Yao, Shun

9. The Xia Dynasty Time: 2070-1600 B.C. “Yu the Great” ---“the fall of Jie” (Bo Yi----Qi) (demise system) (Hereditary system ) The first hereditary monarchy The Xia calendar Bronze vessels

10. archaeological excavations (1928) Pang Geng’s transfer of Capital The Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 B.C.) King Tang (Yi Yin) -King Zhou

11. The unearthed relics: oracle bone inscriptions, Earliest writing system delicate bronze ware The Bronze Age The calendar “heavenly stems” (10) “earthly branches” (12)

12. The Western Zhou Dynasty Time: 1046-771 B.C. （ King Wu --- King You ） Capital city: Haojing (Shaanxi) The heyday/prime of the Bronze Age “The Mandate of the Heaven” “Son of the Heaven”

13. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770 B.C. ---256 B.C.)

14. The Warring States Period the Seven States

15. Major Achievements The Hundred schools of thought A great poet Quyuan Li Sao /On Encountering Sorrow Dujiangyan Water conservancy project Iron tools