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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
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2ND CLASS
3RD CLASS
4TH CLASS