ANCIENT CHINA · Desert is a sea of sand dunes and blinding sandstorms; The Turpan Depression is China lowest point. In Mongolia, the Gobi is the world's coldest desert. The North

ANCIENT CHINAREVIEW

PHYSICAL FEATURES

CONFUCIANISM

CONFUCIANISM

DAOISM

DAOISM

LEGALISM

LEGALISM

ACHIEVEMENTS

ACHIEVEMENTS

ACHIEVEMENTS

ACHIEVEMENTS

ACHIEVEMENTS

GOVERNMENT

• DYNASTY – A FAMILY OF RULERS

• MANDATE OF HEAVEN - THIS IDEA STATES THAT HEAVEN CHOSE CHINA’S RULER & GAVE THEM

POWER

• WU ZETIAN – FIRST WOMAN TO RULE CHINA

• LUI BANG - A FORMER PEASANT, FOUNDED THE HAN DYNASTY

• SHI HUANGDI - HE IS CREDITED WITH UNIFYING CHINA AND STARTING THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.

HE HAD A TERRA COTTA ARMY TO PROTECT HIM IN THE AFTERLIFE

• KUBLAI KHAN- GRANDSON OF GENGHIS, AND A POWERFUL CONQUEROR (MONGOLS)

• MARCO POLO - ITALIAN EXPLORER WHO WORKED FOR THE KAHN DYNASTY

ECONOMY

• GREW CROPS SUCH AS MILLET, RICE, AND WHEAT FOR PEOPLE IN THE ARMY AND IN THE

CITIES.

• SHELLS, KNIVES, AND SILK WERE THE EARLIEST FORMS OF CURRENCY.

• SILK ROAD - A NETWORK OF ROADS AND CANALS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO TRADE WITH EACH

OTHER. STRETCHED FROM CHINA ACROSS ASIA TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.

• TRADED CHINESE SILK, TEA, AND SPICES FOR GOLD, SILVER, AND PRECIOUS STONES.

• ABACUS, A COUNTING TOOL THAT USED RODS AND SLIDING BEADS TO CALCULATE SUMS FOR

TRADING GOODS.

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