PPT-Ancient China The Landscape – Lesson 1

The Mighty Rivers Rivers helped shape civilization North Huang He River South Chang Jiang River Huang He snowfed from high plateau flows east 2900 miles as flows across desert cuts thru yellow silt deposits loess. Belief Systems Chinese philosophies such as Confucianism and Daoism had a lasting in64258 uence on East Asia Science and Technology During Han times China made many advances in technology agriculture and trade The Silk Roads ESSENTIAL QUESTION What Dynasties, Philosophers . and Ancient Life. Geography. Huang He (Yellow River). Named for the rich yellow soil it carries . Runs from Mongolia to the Pacific Ocean. Chang Jiang (Yangtze River). . Runs east across Central China to the Yellow Sea. . China. Warring States Period. &. Qin Dynasty (Chin). 221-206 B.C.E.. Essential Standards. 6.C&G.1. Understand the development of government in various civilizations, societies and regions. . Chinese Inventions. The ancient Chinese invented many things we use today, including: . p. aper, ink, calligraphy, printing. silk. wheelbarrows. m. atches, gunpowder, fireworks. the decimal system, abacus. From at least 1766. BCE. to the twentieth century of the Common Era, China was ruled by dynasties. . . A dynasty is a family that passes control from one generation to the next. . A . dynasty does not have to last for a long . Taoism. Calligraphy. Medicine. Pagodas. Great Wall of China. Achievements. Confucianism. Buddhism. Ancient China. Geography. Religion. Taoism. Calligraphy. Medicine. Pagodas. Great Wall of China. Achievements. Zhou Dynasty and New Ideas. The Zhou Dynasty and New Ideas. The Big Idea. Confucius and other philosophers taught ways to deal with social and political problems in ancient China.. Main Ideas. The Zhou dynasty expanded China but then declined.. I can describe the geographical features of China and explain how these features shaped the lives of people living in ancient China.. GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES. What are some of the physical features you notice on this map? What effects do you think these physical features would have had on the people and China’s early development?. Mesopotamia. Geographic Location. The area lies between the . Tigris. & . Euphrates. Rivers in modern day Iraq.. Mesopotamia. Advances. Bronze. Metallurgy. Cuneiform. (wedge shaped writing). Pictograph: picture representation. AND. BY TAMARA. Ancient Egyptian Food. Vegetables . that were grown included; Radishes, coriander, cabbages, endive, watermelons, cucumbers, cabbage, beans and melons were very common and widely grown. Today, we know that magical dragons exist only in imagination and myth. They are . mythical. creatures. . But in ancient China, the people firmly believed that dragons were real and powerful. The dragon was the sign of the emperors. . “River of Sorrows”. Chinese history begins along the Huang River valley, or Yellow River, where the Shang Dynasty arose. . The Yellow River got is name from the . loess. , or yellow soil.. The Yellow River was called the . What was filial piety in Chinese families?. What were the main social classes of ancient China?. How were men looked upon in ancient Chinese society?. How were women looked upon in ancient Chinese society?. Warring Kingdoms Unite. Objectives. Key Terms. In 1974, farmers and archaeologists found more than 6,000 life-sized statues of soldiers and horses, along with wood and bronze chariots and metal weapons to protect Shi .