1. Warm Up
Hinduism and Buddhism are the two major religions that have shaped Asian culture throughout history.
Turn to Chapter 3, Section 2 in your text and use this information to complete the provided comparison chart.

2. How is China similar to the other civilizations of the ancient world?
Ancient China
How is China similar to the other civilizations of the ancient world?

3. Geography (Huang He) Yellow River and Yangtze River
Himalayan Mountains
Gobi Dessert
Plateau of Tibet and Mongolia

5. China has the longest continuous history

6. First Dynasties Xia Dynasty (Shyah) 2200 B.C. No written record
Organized through village network
Flood Control
-- Hereditary monarchy
Shang Dynasty BC
1st family to have written records of rule
Elaborate palaces and tombs
Near the Yellow River (Huang Ho)

7. Shang Dynasty Anyang Capital Religion
Massive Wall surrounded cities
Religion
- Spirits (Friendly/Troublesome Neighbors)
- Oracle Bones
Large armies
- Constantly being invaded
Organization
Ruling class of warrior nobles headed by a King
Family central to Chinese society

9. Oracle bone with early ideographic script

10. The Zhou Zhou dynasty Replaced one ruling class with another 1050 B.C.
“meet the new boss...same as the old boss.”
longest ruling dynasty (900 yrs)

11. Zhou dynasty B.C.

12. Zhou Dynasty Expanded Bureaucracy Mandate of Heaven
Civil Service: People who run the government
Mandate of Heaven
Idea that Gods Favored a certain group to rule and that group is only overthrown when they have lost the favor the Gods
Constant Conflict – “The Warring States Period”
Set up Dynastic Cycles
Northern invaders weaken Zhou Dynasty

15. Zhou Dynasty China moves away from ancient values
Social order, harmony, respect for authority
No law codes: rule by decree
- Mandate of Heaven
Feudal Society
- Emperor gave out fiefs
Development of cheap iron weaponry

16. The Period of Warring States
771 B.C.
dozen-plus states
balance of power until 500’s
period of consolidation by warfare
Chronic warfare

17. The Period of the Warring States, ca. 500 B.C.

18. Buddhism
a religion whose followers seek spiritual enlightenment and emphasizes the teachings of the Buddha including Dharma (duty) and the Four Noble Truths

19. Siddhartha Gautama
Founder of Buddhism. Known as “Buddha” or “Enlightened One”

20. Four Noble Truths Suffering is a part of life.
Suffering is caused by people’s greed and cravings for things (selfishness).
Suffering will stop is selfishness is overcome.
The way to bring an end to suffering is to follow the Eightfold path.

21. Eightfold Path Accept the four noble truths. (awareness)
Think in the right way which leads you to help others. (thought)
Be kind in speech; avoid boasting, gossip, and lies. (speech)
Do what is right. (action)

22. 5. Earn your living in a way which is good. (livelihood)
6. Avoid evil thoughts and actions. Work hard. (effort)
7. Learn to meditate. (concentration)
8. Be at peace in your mind. (understanding)

23. Nirvana
This leads to Nirvana: a state of freedom from the cycle of rebirth.

24. Compare and Contrast Hinduism and Buddhism
What similarities exist in their beliefs and practices?What differences?

25. Qin (Ch’in) Dynasty 221-206 B.C.
dominated by “The First Emperor”
Qin Shi Huangdi (Chin Shi Huang Ti)
ambitious= understatement
centralized the government- rid of feudal lords
constructed roads and canals
The Great Wall- many people died
An amazing tomb found in 20th Century

26. The Qin and the Legalist Tradition
Ideology of rule
- absolute power of the ruler
- people existed to serve the state
- destroy Confucian philosophy?

30. Resistance to Qin Policies
Emperor orders execution of all critics
Orders burning of all ideological works
Some 460 scholars buried alive
Others exiled
Massive cultural losses

31. Tomb of Shi Huangdi

32. Terra Cotta Warriors

33. Darrell Wells - Hickory Ridge HS
McDougal Littell – World History: Patterns of Interaction