Ancient+China

By: Abi Lundstrom & Amanda Levin

1750 B.C.- 200 A.D. "He who overcomes others is strong: he who overcomes himself is mighty." -Lao-Tzu 

= __ 5 terms- __ = = -__**censorate:**__inspectors who checked on government officials to make sure they were doing their jobs, censors were the people from the censorate that repored directly to the thrown = = -__**aristocracy:**__ The upper class citizens, mercants, and noble families whose wealth was based upon owning land and power through their earlier generations. = = -__**mandate of heaven:**__heaven(impersonal law of nature) kept order in the universe through the zhou dynasty, because of this the Zhou Dynasty claimed it ruled China, because they possessed this =  -__**legalism:**__Third philosophy that became popular, it proposed humans are evil by nature and could only follow the right path by harsh punishments -__**daoism:**__A system of ideas based on the teachings of Laozi, also known as the Old Master, was a contemporary of Confucius.

**5 important people **
1.**__Confucius:__**known to the Chinese as the first teacher("Master King"). He lived during the Zhou Dynasty. The government was based on his teachings 2.**__Lao-tse:__**old master whos teachings were known as Taoism. Tao meaning "way of nature". Taoism and Daoism are also interchangeable with each other. 3.**__Han Wudi:__** Ruler during the Han dynasty "martial emperor of Han" "Warrior Emperor" 140 BC most famous Han Emperor who conquered Korea,Mancharia, andVietnam, stopping invading Huns 4.**__Qin Shihuangdi:__**Ruler of Qin Dynasty; he came to thrown at age in B.C. "Chinese Caesar" the first emperor of China. He unified China 5.**__Liu Bang:__**the founder of the Han dynasty. "Exalted Emperor of Han". He led the revolt against the Chin Dynasty at the Battle of the Han River.

Anciet China's center of civilization was called China Proper. Chinese civilization started around 4000 B.C. One of China's main river is called the Haung He or the "yellow river". Their second major river is the Yangtze River. The Chinese called their land the center of the world. China had many natural barriers.

The Imperial Ages were known as the "Ages of Dynasties". The Xia Dynasty had Legendary Sage Emperors, and it started around 4000 B.C. The Shang Dynasty started in 1750 B.C. to 1122 B.C. It was recorded as the first historical dynasty. Next was the Zhov Dynasty which lasted from 1122 B.C.- 256 B.C. The Quin Dynasty lasted from 221 B.C.- 207 B.C. Quin Shin Huang was the first emperor of China, and he unified China. Then the Han Dynasty was formed in 202 B.C. and ended in 220A.D. Lastly, the Six Dynastys were formed. They startred in 220 A.D. to 589 A.D.

There were 5 Chinese Philosophers. The first one was Confucious('the first teacher"). His teachings were taught by anlects. The second one is naturalism or the workings of nature and comic principles. Next is legalism, which the right was was taught by strict rules and harsh punishments. The the next philosophy was Buddism, where Buddha was seen as their teacher and God. The last one is Daosim. Daoism was a way of nature and harmony. media type="youtube" key="gsyCj-T_Gfo" width="425" height="350" <span style="color: #01ff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">media type="custom" key="11404258" <span style="color: #01ff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">[|Some history of ancient china has beeen put together by the British Mueseum] <span style="color: #01ff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">[|This website has some information about all of the dynasties in china] <span style="color: #01ff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">[|Just incase kids want to learn about ancient china, this has all of the basic information that a child will like!] <span style="color: #01ff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">[|this link has anything and everything on confucianism] <span style="color: #01ff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">[|Butler University has put together a timeline of Ancient China]media type="custom" key="12039227"media type="custom" key="12039237"

<span style="color: #01ff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">TIMELINE

4000BC: Xia Dynasty begins

1750BC: Shang Dynasty begins

1122BC: Zhou Dynasty begins

512BC: The Art of War by Sun-Tzu (a book on military strategies) was made

221BC: Qin Dynasty begins

202BC: Han Dynasty begins

140BC: Han Wudi conquered Korea, Manchuria, and Vietnam, stopping invading Huns

39BC: Trung Sisters led a revolt against Chinese in Vietnam

220AD: six dynasties begin

551BC: Confucius is born