Early China What is China’s geography like? -What does this mean for people who live there?

Civilization Cultural Hearth Xia Dynasty 2000 BCE Outsiders seen as “barbarians” Xia Dynasty 2000 BCE Shang Dynasty 1500 BCE Family Religion Writing Tech & Art Respect for parents Elder Male Girls married 13-16 -Had to have a boy to move up in status Spirits of family ancestors God- Shang Di Oracle Bones Characters stand for ideas Spoken & Written is different 1,000 literate 10,000 scholar Bronze working Silk clothing

Zhou Dynasty Overthrew Shang 1027-256 BCE Mandate of Heaven- divine approval for a ruler Built roads and canals to supply cities Coined money First to use Iron= stronger weapons and tools Chinese values of honor, love & respect for authority fell to nomads

Chinese Accomplishments Porcelain Compass Medicine Gunpowder Printing Paper Embroidery

People of China Han 55 other Ethnic Groups Urbanization 92% of population 55 other Ethnic Groups Tibet Mongolia Urbanization 90% of people live on 1/6th of land Building of Agricultural Centers One child policy???

Modern China Revolutionary China Economic Change 1911- end of emperors 1927- Chiang Kai-shek Mao Zedong 1949- Communists Victory Economic Change “Great Leap Forward” 1970s private ownership