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Early Dynasties of Early Dynasties of ChinaChina
Shang DynastyShang Dynasty
• Earliest accepted Dynasty.
• 1700 – 1027 BC.• Ancestor worship.• Developed the
earliest forms of Chinese writing. (Oracle Bones)
Zhou DynastyZhou Dynasty• Over threw the Shang
Dynasty around 1040 B.C. and lasted till 256 B.C.
• Introduced the “Mandate of Heaven”
• Longest Dynasty in Chinese history
• Society extremely Feudalistic and aristocratic.
• Strong Family Ties– Patriarchal– Ancestor Worship
Zhou Continued…Zhou Continued…
• This was the period of the philosophical schools.– Confucianism– Taoism– Legalism
Confucius
Lao Tzu
Legalism
Qin DynastyQin Dynasty
• 221 – 202 BC• Unified China and
created the first Chinese “Empire”
• Very legalist & Centralized.
• Shi Haungdi: First Emperor
• Anti-Scholar
The Tomb of the First Emperor Is famous for the hundreds of Terra Cotta soldier buried with the Emperor
The Qin added to the construction of the Great Wall
Han DynastyHan Dynasty
• 206 BC – 200ish AD• Combined Both
Legalism & returned to Confucian ideals.
• Scholarship & the Arts flourish under the Han