Madison Graham

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Ancient China

• Madison Graham

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Terracotta Warriors

• All the warriors face were different .
• It took 40years to build
• It is important to them because it guarded the
  first emperor named Shi Huangdis.
• The terra cotta warriors is a sensational
  archeological find of all times.

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The Great Wall of China

• The great wall of china was built over 2000 years
  ago
• The great wall is one of the largest building
  construction
• It was up to 7.5 meters tall
• It was over 5000 km long
• Qni shi huangdi built the great wall
• In chinese the great wall is called wan li qang
  qeng
• It stretches across the mountains of northern
  china, winding north and north west of beijing

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The Silk Road

• The Silk Road was the most important connection
  between the Orient and the west
• It was given the name by a German geographer
  Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen
• In fact the Silk Road is a simple name for a
  complex network

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The Shang Dynasty

• The Shang Dynasty was the first dynasty
• Shang began between 1760 and 1500bc
• The Shang people were the first to make written
  records
• During the Shang Dynasty ,bronze was used for
  many kinds of tools , cups and weapons
• Rituals were very important to the Shang people

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The Zhou Dynasty

• The Zhou people came from west of the huangs
  great river band
• The Zhou Dynasty was the longest of the longest
  of the chinese dynasty lasting more than 800
  years
• In 1027bc a Zhou leaders army conquered the
  armies of the last Shang ruler and the Zhou
  Dynasty

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The Han Dynasty

• The Han Dynasty began in 206bc and lasted until
  AD220
• The Han Dynasty eventually stretched as far as
  what south are today the countries of Vietnam and
  Cambodia
• The first Han ruler was a peasent who called
  himself Han Gaozu meaning high Ancestor

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Confucius

• Confucius was born in 551bce
• His parents were nobility but had became poor
  when the empire went
• Into feudal states .
• When he was about 15 years old he
• Became quit interested in learning

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Confucianism

• Confucianism in tang times was a social code of
  behavior
• Confucianism is not properly speaking ,a religion
  
• Confucianism means The School of the Scholars

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Bronze Age

• The bronze age was the period during which tools
  and weapons were made of bronze
• Bronze was made by melting together copper and a
  small amount of tin

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Qin Dynasty

• The Qin Dyasty came to power in 221bc
• The Qin dynasty was the dynasty that redefined
  china
• During this time many schools of thought were
  outlawed
• The Qin Dynasty lasted from 1644-1911 A.D