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1
Ancient China
  • Madison Graham

2
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.

3
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

4
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

5
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

6
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

7
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

8
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

9
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

10
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

11
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
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