ANCIENT CHINAREVIEW

PHYSICAL FEATURES

CONFUCIANISM

CONFUCIANISM

DAOISM

DAOISM

LEGALISM

LEGALISM

ACHIEVEMENTS

ACHIEVEMENTS

ACHIEVEMENTS

ACHIEVEMENTS

ACHIEVEMENTS

GOVERNMENT

• DYNASTY – A FAMILY OF RULERS

• MANDATE OF HEAVEN - THIS IDEA STATES THAT HEAVEN CHOSE CHINA’S RULER & GAVE THEM

POWER

• WU ZETIAN – FIRST WOMAN TO RULE CHINA

• LUI BANG - A FORMER PEASANT, FOUNDED THE HAN DYNASTY

• SHI HUANGDI - HE IS CREDITED WITH UNIFYING CHINA AND STARTING THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.

HE HAD A TERRA COTTA ARMY TO PROTECT HIM IN THE AFTERLIFE

• KUBLAI KHAN- GRANDSON OF GENGHIS, AND A POWERFUL CONQUEROR (MONGOLS)

• MARCO POLO - ITALIAN EXPLORER WHO WORKED FOR THE KAHN DYNASTY

ECONOMY

• GREW CROPS SUCH AS MILLET, RICE, AND WHEAT FOR PEOPLE IN THE ARMY AND IN THE

CITIES.

• SHELLS, KNIVES, AND SILK WERE THE EARLIEST FORMS OF CURRENCY.

• SILK ROAD - A NETWORK OF ROADS AND CANALS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO TRADE WITH EACH

OTHER. STRETCHED FROM CHINA ACROSS ASIA TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.

• TRADED CHINESE SILK, TEA, AND SPICES FOR GOLD, SILVER, AND PRECIOUS STONES.

• ABACUS, A COUNTING TOOL THAT USED RODS AND SLIDING BEADS TO CALCULATE SUMS FOR

TRADING GOODS.

SOCIAL CLASS

1ST CLASS

2ND CLASS

3RD CLASS

4TH CLASS