Chinese Contributions

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Chinese Contributions

• Standard 7.3.5

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architecture
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Waterways
Tang and Song emperors improved and built
waterways throughout China. These improved trade
throughout China and allowed the emperors to
support armies stationed in the North.
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Rebuilding the Great Wall
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roads and relay hostels
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Questions Notes
4. Chinese Contributions a.
architecture i. waterways improved
business (Grand Canal) ii. rebuilt
Great Wall iii. roads and relay hostels
travel and trade
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art
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Porcelain
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Spinning-wheel (silk)
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Music Chinese musicians discovered timbre
(different sounds from strings) musicians could
pluck, brush, hit, or rub strings to make
different sounds
matouqin
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Questions Notes
4. Chinese Contributions a.
architecture i. waterways improved
business (Grand Canal) ii. Great Wall
iii. roads and relay hostels travel and
trade b. art i. porcelain
beautiful, hard pottery ii. spinning
wheel more silk iii. music different
sounds from strings
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inventions
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mechanical clock
water powered wheels and cogs turned levers and
made the clock tick
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gunpowder
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Smallpox inoculation Chinese doctors injected
people with tiny amounts of smallpox the
peoples bodies learned how to fight against the
disease
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Questions Notes
4. Chinese Contributions a.
architecture i. waterways improved
business (Grand Canal) ii. Great Wall
iii. roads and relay hostels travel and
trade b. art i. porcelain
beautiful, hard pottery ii. spinning
wheel more silk iii. music different
sounds from strings c. inventions i.
mechanical clock ii. gunpowder
iii. smallpox inoculation injection of tiny
amount of disease to prevent illness
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magnetic compass
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paper money
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advances in ship building
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coal and iron production
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Questions Notes
4. Chinese Contributions a.
architecture i. waterways improved
business (Grand Canal) ii. Great Wall
iii. roads and relay hostels travel and
trade b. art i. porcelain
beautiful, hard pottery ii. spinning
wheel more silk iii. music different
sounds from strings c. inventions i.
mechanical clock ii. gunpowder
iii. smallpox inoculation injection of tiny
amount of disease to prevent illness
iv. magnetic compass v. paper
money vi. ship rudders and new sails
vii. coal and iron stronger metals
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learning
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movable type printing
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abacus
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Questions Notes
4. Chinese Contributions a.
architecture i. waterways improved
business (Grand Canal) ii. Great Wall
iii. roads and relay hostels travel and
trade b. art i. porcelain
beautiful, hard pottery ii. spinning
wheel more silk iii. music different
sounds from strings c. inventions i.
mechanical clock ii. gunpowder
iii. smallpox inoculation injection of tiny
amount of disease to prevent illness
iv. magnetic compass v. paper
money vi. ship rudders and new sails
vii. coal and iron stronger metals d.
learning i. abacus ii.
movable-type-printing