1. ANCIENT CHINA GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES Huang He (Yellow River)System
Yangtze River System
Tibetan Plateau
Gobi Desert
Mongolian Plateau
Himalayan Mountains

2. ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
ANCIENT CHINA
ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
Flooding of the Huang He
Geographically isolated from others
Northern borders did not always protect well

3. ANCIENT CHINA SETTLEMENTS Walled cities Great palaces Tombs
Timber-framed houses in the city (walls of clay and straw)

4. ANCIENT CHINA
SOCIAL CLASSES
king
Warrior-nobles
peasants

5. ANCIENT CHINA ROLE OF FAMILY Central authority in China
Eldery revered (honored)
Women inferior

6. ANCIENT CHINA RELIGIOUS BELIEFS family ancestors worshipped
Had supreme god (Shang Di) and lesser gods
Used oracle bones to ‘talk’ to gods

7. ANCIENT CHINA WRITING SYSTEM Had many characters
Each represented an idea
No relationship to spoken language

8. TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
ANCIENT CHINA
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
Roads and canals
Made/maufactured weapons
Coined money
bronzework

9. ANCIENT CHINA
ARTISTRY
Embroidered silk clothing