Silk, Fireworks, Iron, Paper, matches, wheelbarrows, gunpowder, the decimal system, tangrams, the compass, medicines, kites, jump rope, playing cards, the seismograph and printing!

The Chinese worked on the Great Wall for over 1700 years… But the wall was not a solid wall at first. It was a line of disconnected barricades. The wall (or walls) was built to keep out invaders. Workers died of exhaustion and disease. It is known as the longest cemetery in the world.

Built by Qin Shi Huang Di Found in 1974 by 2 farmers digging a well Warriors, Horses, weapons and a tomb were found! Archaeologists believe they were made of red clay dug from the earth. The artisans coiled the clay, shaped and added detail to it, let part of it dry and then added more on top.

Not actually a road! It’s a series of trade routes that connected Asia with Greece, Rome and other locations It allowed the trade of silk, jade, iron, silver, ivory and IDEAS! It was excellent for nomadic people! They became more important to the cities- good at transporting goods in caravans, most became herders and traders, and they became resistant to diseases