1. Early China 1500 B.C.-300 B.C.

2. Patterns in Chinese History
Ethnocentricism
Xenophobia
Creativity & Innovation
Low Status of Women
Conflict with Nature
Authoritarian
Dynastic Cycle
Cultural Conservatism
Education Valued
Hard lives of Peasants
Importance of Family

4. Geography Civ. developed in the Huang He River Valley of N. China
Most of China’s population was (and is) concentrated in river valleys and along the coast

6. The Shang Dynasty First Chinese dynasty (1500BC-1000BC)
Developed new techniques for making bronze
Oracle bones and shells were used by priests for fortune telling
Extensive human sacrifice

7. Subterranean Shang tomb

8. Headless skeletons found in a Shang tomb

9. Shang bronze vessel

10. The Zhou Dynasty 1000BC-500BC Invaded and conquered the Shang
Claimed “Mandate of Heaven”
Established a feudal system
Ended with the Warring States Period

11. The Warring States PeriodBC
Centralized control by Zhou weakened
7 independent kingdoms battled for power
New military technologies developed
Ended with unification by the Qin

14. “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.”

15. “A leader leads by example, not by force.”

16. “Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”

17. “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”

18. “Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.”