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Chinese Dynasty Overview Shang to Qing

Chinese Dynasty Overview Shang to Qing. World Cultures China Unit. Chinese Dynasty Song. Shang Zhou (“Joe”) Qin (“chin”) Han (Repeat) ( ------------------- 400 years of Disunity ------------------) Sui (“sway” without “w”) Tang Song (Repeat) Yuan ------ Mongol Ming

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Chinese Dynasty Overview Shang to Qing

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  1. Chinese Dynasty OverviewShang to Qing World Cultures China Unit

  2. Chinese Dynasty Song • Shang • Zhou (“Joe”) • Qin (“chin”) • Han (Repeat) ( ------------------- 400 years of Disunity ------------------) • Sui (“sway” without “w”) • Tang • Song (Repeat) • Yuan ------ Mongol • Ming • Qing (“ching”) • Republic -------- Republic of China (Repeat) • Mao Zedong ---------People’s Republic of China / Communist China (Repeat)

  3. Shang Dynasty (1700 – 1027 BCE) • First recorded dynasty • Ruled by aristocracy • Developed system of writing • Oracle Bones – Priest would scratch questions onto the bones and stick a hot metal rod into the bone and when it cracked it would provide the answer

  4. Zhou (1027 – 250 BCE) • Longest lasting Chinese Dynasty • Beginning of the Mandate of Heaven cycle • King ruled in accordance with the Dao (the Way) • Feudal system • Eventually created city-states • Decline of Zhou Dynasty due to fighting between feuding city-states

  5. Qin Dynasty (221 – 207 BCE) • Founded by Qin Shihuangdi • Developed a highly centralized government • Standardized across the empire currency, language, measurements, laws, ect. • Under the Qin Dynasty the construction of the Great Wall of China began

  6. Shi Huangdi’s Terra Cotta Army

  7. Shi Huangdi’s Terra Cotta Soldiers& Cavalrymen

  8. Cavalry

  9. Individual Soldiers

  10. The Details of an Individual Soldier

  11. The Great Wall with Towers

  12. Han Dynasty (202 BCE – 221 CE) • Over 400 years of rule • Confucianism replaced Legalism • Civil Service Examinations – recruitment of scholars to work in the government • Silk Road Developed to open up trade • Focus on Science and Technology

  13. 221 – 581 CE • Han Dynasty collapses • Warlords fight over China for 300 years • No centralized government

  14. Tang Dynasty (618 – 907 CE) • High point of Chinese culture • Rebuilt system of government • Civil Service Exams back in place • Confucius Education • Limited Social Mobility • Ruled by Empress Wu Zetian

  15. Foot-Binding in Tang China • Broken toes by 3 years of age. • Size 5 ½ shoe on the right

  16. Foot-Binding in Tang China Mothers bound their daughters’ feet.

  17. Foot-Binding in Tang China • For upper-class girls, it became a new custom.

  18. The Results of Foot-Binding

  19. Song Dynasty (969 – 1279 CE) • Large Centrally Planned Government • Ruled during economic prosperity and cultural achievement • Mongols overthrew the Song and created a new Mongol dynasty

  20. Rice Cultivation Began Under the Song

  21. Song Rice Cultivation

  22. Yuan (1279 – 1368 CE) • Mongol invasions • Began under Genghis Khan • Khans grandson, Kublai Khan overthrew the Song Dynasty • Ignored Chinese Traditions • Set his capital at Khanbaliq (“the city of Khan”) • Later became Beijing

  23. The MONGOLS • Genghis Khan’s Tax Laws: • If you do not pay homage, we will take your prosperity. • If you do not have prosperity, we will take your children. • If you do not have children, we will take your wife. • If you do not have a wife, we will take your head. • Used cruelty as a weapon some areas never recovered from Mongol destruction!

  24. Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644 CE) • Erase remains of the Mongols • Reinstate civil service examinations • Extended the length of the Great Wall • New Era of Progressive China

  25. Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1911 CE) • Last ruling Dynasty • Dynastic Cycle weakened by European and American interventions during the early 20th Century

  26. Questions to consider…. • How did the dynasty come to power? • What did the dynasty accomplish? • How was daily life for the Chinese people affected by this dynasty? • How was the religious life of the people affected? • How and why did this dynasty come to an end?

  27. China: From Past to Present: The Silk Road, the Great Wall, and Changes in GovernmentUnited Streaming Video

  28. Which of the Chinese Dynasties tried to erase the remains of the Mongols? • Shang • Qing • Ming • Yuan

  29. The collapse of this Dynasty led to years of feuding between warloards • Han • Shang • Qing • Tang

  30. What was the name of the last ruling Dynasty? • Han • Ming • Song • Qing

  31. Which dynasty was overthrown by the Mongols? • Song • Qin • Zhou • Shang

  32. Which dynasty used oracle bones to answer life's deepest questions? • Tang • Shang • Qin • Ming

  33. The emperor of this Dynasty built a life-like army to protect him in the afterlife. • Qin • Shang • Tang • Song

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