STUDIES IN EARLY CHINESE CULTURE FIRST SERIES AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES STUDIES IN CHINESE AND RELATED CIVILIZATIONS NUMBER 3 The series of which this volume…

1.The Geography of China M r.R e yB e l e n2. Satellite View of China 3. China’s Provinces 4. China—Asia’s Superpower 5. China vs. the U. S. in Size China United States…

1.Ancient China Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HSChappaqua, NY2. Neolithic China 3. “ Peking Man” (750,000 – 500,000 BCE) Sinanthropus pekinesis 4. Yellow River…

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Slide 1 C HINA O VERVIEW : A B RIEF H ISTORY OF C HINESE D YNASTIES Mr. Lubinski Slide 2 F OUR T HOUSAND Y EARS OF C IVILIZATION Chinese civilization extends backwards in…

Slide 1Early Chinese History 2852: Fu Hsi- inventor of writing, fishing, trapping. 2737: Shen Nung- inventor of agriculture, commerce 2697: Yellow Emperor 2357-2205: Sage…

Slide 1 Ancient China n degree of isolation n distance from Middle East n youngest Primary Phase culture in the Old World Slide 2 Prehistoric Society: Yangshao n 5000-3000…

Slide 1 Ancient China Slide 2 I. Introduction: Slide 3 China has high mountains in the west, its rivers flow east, thus China was isolated from western culture. Slide 4 Chinese…

Slide 1 The Chinese Way (Sao Chiao) Slide 2 I. Introduction A. Religion in the Far East quite different than religion in India 1. Concern in India is “ultimate reality”—the…

China Creativity Continues to Flow Chinese Civilizations Map showing early Yellow River Societies (with later expansion to Yangtze River area) Chinese Civilizations Yellow…