Chinese Language Chapter 27:2 China developed in isolation from the rest of the world. Because they...

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Chinese Language Chapter 27:2

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Chinese LanguageChapter 27:2

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China developed in isolation from the rest of the world.

Because they viewed their country as the center of the world, they called their homeland Zhōng Guó, or “Middle Kingdom.”

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The Shāng Dynasty, which

ruled China circa 1700-1100 B.C., is the first dynasty that can

be dated from written records.

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The earliest examples of

Chinese writing are

found etched onto animal bones and

tortoise shells.[Image source: http://www.chinapage.com/calligraphy/oracle/oraclebone1.html]

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These oracle bones helped Shāng kings predict the

future.

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Originally the Chinese written language used

only pictographs or characters that depicted

the objects they represented.

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During the Shāng, some characters

became ideograms

representing ideas and concepts.

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zhànchē

[Image source: http://www.rom.on.ca/pub/shang/]

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Shāng chariot

The Shāng employed the yoke to harness the power of animals in times of both peace and war.

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Mastering the complex system

of characters took time, so

only a few people in

ancient China were literate.

[Image source: http://www.chinapage.com/calligraphy/steles/steles.html]

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Date

Name of diviner and location of

divination

Positive ChargeNegative Charge

Conclusion

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