1. Chinese Dynasties Shang 1600-1046 B.C.E Zhou 1046-771 B.C.E
Qin B.C.E.
Han 206 B.C.E- 9 C.E.
Sui
Tang
Song
Yuan (Mongols)
Ming
Qing

2. Shang B.C.E
First Chinese Dynasty to leave written records
Shang kings built elaborate palaces and tombs
Anyong- Major city built of wood
Nobles lived inside city wall while peasants lived outside
Family was central to society
Oracle Bones- Communicated with dead ancestors and gods

3. Overthrew the Shang and set up their own dynasty
Zhou 1027 B.C.E-221 B.C.E
Overthrew the Shang and set up their own dynasty
Told people that the gods had become angry at Shang cruelty and now had chosen the Zhou to rule
Mandate of Heaven- Divine approval to rule
Dynastic Cycle
Coined money, used iron to make tools/weapons, new roads, canals
Made the first books

4. Qin Dynasty 221 B.C.E- 206 B.C.E
Shi Huangdi- Legalist- Autocratic ruler
Doubled the size of China- Wanted to Unify China
Burned books and murdered hundreds of Confucian scholars
Set standards for laws, writing, currency and weights
Connected empire with roads- Trade blossomed
Great Wall- Work on the Wall or DIE!
Terra-cotta Army

5. Han 206 B.C.E- 9 C.E.
Centralized government
Built impressive roads compared to the Roman Empire
Expanded Great Wall and built canals- (Sui Dynasty Grand Canal)
Filled government jobs with civil service exams
Conquered many different groups of people-Encouraged Assimilation
Invented paper and Collar Harness for horses.

6. Tang ( ) Song ( )
China became the most advanced and richest country in the world during the Golden Ages of the Tang and Song
Relied on civil service exams and revival of Confucianism
Inventions: Movable type, porcelain, paper money, magnetic compass, explosive powder
Foot Binding for women
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8. Ming Expanded Great Wall
Emperor Yonglo built the Forbidden City in Beijing
Supported voyages of Zheng He
Limited Foreign Trade to only 3 coastal ports

9. Qing The Manchus from Manchuria took over the Ming
Qing was their Chinese name just like Mongols used Yuan
Expanded China’s border to include Taiwan, Mongolia and Tibet
If foreigners wanted to trade with China they had to trade at special ports, pay tribute and kowtow.
Dutch Agreed
British did not- Opium Wars

10. Ethnocentric- My culture is better than yours
Ethnocentric- My culture is better than yours! Middle Kingdom- We are the best, everyone else is a barbarian

11. Mao Zedong Communist claim the New Mandate of Heaven
Great Leap Forward- People were forced to live on Communes

12. Cultural Revolution
Red Guards (1966)- Left the classroom and formed militia units
Goals:
Establish a society of peasants and workers in which all were equal
Intellectual and artistic people were useless, so kill them
RESULTS: Chaos. Even Mao said it needed to stop in 1968