uallpa S hang D ynasty L ocation The Shang dynasty was located in northeast which was called inner China What it is n ow c alled As of now presently it is just called Beijing Landforms ID: 788395
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Slide1
Geography
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Slide2Shang D
ynasty
Location
The Shang dynasty was located in northeast, which was called inner China.
Slide3What it is now
c
alled
As of now presently, it is just called Beijing.
Slide4Landforms
There were many landforms to settle, including the Himalaya mountains which is located in the southwest.
Slide5Settlement Benefits
It became poor or rich depending on if they lived in a place where for example, if there was no water.
Slide6Settlement
Some people were exposed to large bodies of water depending on where they settled.
Slide7Why They Settled Where
They Did
They did because some people lived where the is more of something than another place.
Slide8Advantages
The advantages is the riches when the water overflowed.
Slide9Time Period
ANCIENT CHINA by Imani McClintock
Slide10TIME PERIOD Ancient China
Ancient China civilization emerged in 2070 BC with the rise of the Xia Dynasty
The Xia Dynasty existed from 2070 BC – 1600 BCYu the Great was able to prevent floods from destroying the crops and the Xia tribe became strong.
Yu soon became the leader of other tribes and was even stronger in power after defeating a tribe at the border.
Yu was named the king of the Xia Dynasty when the last of the Five Emperors named him to be king before he died.
Before his death, Yu named his own son ruler of the Xia Dynasty.
Slide11Time Period Ancient China
In 1675 BC the Xia Dynasty was overturned by King Tang who formed the Shang Dynasty.
The Shang Dynasty lasted more than 600 years and was ruled by 30 different emperors. Tang was a giving and compassionate leader
Because Tang was generous the people were happy and at ease and they began to accomplish a better way of life.
The economy and the culture grew with the first nine emperors of the Shang Dynasty.
Slide12Time Period Ancient China
Agriculture and fishing grew during this time. The bronze wares, jade carving and woven silk fabrics were skills that made the Shang Dynasty successful.
The conditions of the dynasty began to decline with the tenth ruler. His family attempted to overthrow him and he eventually lost his power.
The last emperor of the Shang Dynasty lived in wealth but treated his advisors and the people badly.
The economy grew weak from the excessive spending and the military was weakened after years of fighting.
Zhou defeated the Shang dynasty under the leadership of King Wu.
Slide13Timeline Ancient China
Slide14Slide15Slide16Slide17Slide18Slide19Slide20Slide21Slide22Slide23Slide24Slide25Slide26Slide27Slide28Slide29Ancient China GovernmentImani McClintock
Slide30StructureAncient Chinese government was ruled by dynasties.
Dynasties often competed with each other to gain control over areas.
The Chinese government was a monarchy – this is where the decisions and laws are decided by one person, usually a king.
Slide31KING/Emperorruled the dynasty
Slide32Emperor Contributions
Emperor Kangxi – ruled for 61 years. The empire gained wealth. He was a master in Confucianism. He brought the Yellow River under control and promised to never raise taxes.
Emperor Chengzu – began exploratory sea voyages to the West Sea
Emperor Khan – was a great military leader. He built the larges empire in Chinese history. He promoted trade and tolerance of religion.
Emperor
Taizu
– encouraged freedom of speech and thought this helped the growth of science, arts and literature.
Slide33Emperor ContributionsEmperor
Taizong
– had compassion for the peasants. He enforced the land dividing system which promoted fair taxation. Emperor Sui – unified China and started the construction of the Grand Canal. He also developed the imperial examinations which was used to choose government officials.
Emperor
Shihuang
– responsible for the construction of the Great Wall of China.
Slide34LawsThe basic law of ancient China was devotion of children to their parents and for every to obey the government.
All other laws were put into place by the emperors.
Chinese officials (called Mandarins) were required to teach the laws to the people. The punishment for breaking laws depended on the crime.
If a crime was severe enough the punishment would be death or one could be banned from the area.
Slide35LawsA girl who insulted her parents would be strangled. A person convicted of murder would have their head cut off.
If a person committed a crime against an emperor, they were showed no mercy, they would be tortured and then killed.
Slide36Religion of Ancient China
By: Bryson Jackson
Slide37Worship of the
S
hangIn the Shang dynasty the type of worship they practiced was ancestor worship. Ancestor worship is when people of the Shang honor their ancestors through rituals such as offering food and wine to the dead.
Slide38Origin
The origin of this religion was between 1700 ti 1122 B.C.E.
Slide39Evolution
The religion evolved over time because the king had relationships to ancestral spirits.
Slide40Major religious
l
eadersThe major religious leaders of ancient China were the Zhou and
Quin
dynasties.
Slide41Contributions
Bryson Jackson
Slide42Technological Innovations
This civilization made a variety of weapons out of bronze.
Slide43Their Form of
Communication
The type of communication this civilization used was logographs, characters that stand for words.
Slide44Why it was Developed
It was developed because it helped to unify the Chinese people.
Slide45The Role of the Arts
The role that the arts played in this civilization was the invention of paper.
Slide46Main Art Forms
The main art forms of the Shang was paper, paint, and weapons.
Slide47Architecture
Officials were punished if the grain in storehouses spoiled or if a wall built under their supervision collapsed.
Slide48The Arts
The arts can inform us about the people who lived during that time by painting them out.
Slide49Contributions
Mahalya
Daye
Slide50Technology and Communications of the Shang
The
people of the Shang Dynasty
used
bronze to create their technology.
Bronze
was
mostly used to
make
weaponry.
This weaponry was used to fight in wars.
Slide51Technology and Communications of the Shang
The people of the
S
hang did not have a spoken language.
They communicated through writing.
The Shang Dynasty created logographs.
Logographs
are
graphic symbols that stand for words.
Slide52The Development of Written Communication
The Shang’s written communication was very special.
It was special because they made it up themselves.
It was then revealed to other Chinese civilizations and they started doing it.
These civilizations believed that having a written language helped in the unification of the people of China.
Slide53Shang Art and the Main Form of It
The Shang Dynasty also used bronze for art.
Artists and craftspeople made aesthetic watercrafts.
The
main form of art in this
civilization was jade pieces, which were made of stone.
Some of those vessels had a special artist’s touch to it.
They had additions like radiant designs and mythical creature pictures on it.
Slide54How it Informed Today’s World
The mythical creatures that they made makes their art show what they believe in.
The pictures also show what they worship.
They worship my5hical creatures and gods.
Slide55Artifacts that Explain the Shang
One of the artifacts that explains the people of the Shang is jade discs.
They were made by the craftspeople.
These jade discs were made for the kings.
The kings needed these discs to give to the nobles to symbolize the power of the nobles.
Slide56Artifacts that Explain the Shang
This artifact shows that the kings cared for their nobles.
Another artifact made by the craftspeople are stone sculptures.
These sculptures are of farm animals that Shang farmers would have on a farm.
This shows that the Shang people wanted people to know about their farm animals.
Slide57Ancient ChinaContributions by Imani McClintock
Slide58Ancient China - Contributions
There are many technological inventions by Ancient China including bronze which was used to make weapons.
Gun powder, paper, the compass and printing are considered four of the great inventions.
Paper was invented in the second century B.C. and was used for money.
Slide59Ancient China - Contributions
The wood block printing press was invented in 868 A.D.
The magnetic compass was invented to help in building homes and to make maps.
In the nineteenth century, gun powder was invented.
This was made originally as a potion for immortality & later the military use.
Slide60Ancient China - Contributions
Early Chinese writing used pictographs as their writing tool.
Later, phonetics was used with pictographs to enhance their writing system.
The Shang Dynasty used pictographs and the
Rubus
.
Two pictures were put together for form one word.
For example, a picture of a bee next to a picture of a leaf would represent the word “belief”.
Slide61Ancient China - Contributions
The writing and speaking tools were used to communicate.
As the Chinese defeated their neighbors their writing and speaking styles were applied to those neighboring countries.
Slide62Ancient China - Contributions
Pottery and calligraphy are two of the main art forms of ancient China.
Before paper was invented, calligraphy was written on silk fabric. The Shang dynasty had artist that were great at working with bronze and jade.
Ancient Chinese architecture followed the ideas of Chinese philosophies (beliefs).
The first idea was that buildings should be long and low instead of tall.
Slide63Ancient China - Contributions
The second idea was that both sides of the building should be the same and balanced.
During the Han Dynasty, Buddhism was introduced and pagodas which are Buddhist temples were developed. These buildings were tall and thin to keep sacred items in.
The arts showed how the Chinese were dedicated to their ruler and their beliefs.
Slide64Ancient China - Contributions
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