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Geography
Jeffrey Huallpa
Shang Dynasty Location
• The Shang dynasty was located in northeast, which was
called inner China.
What it is Now Called
• As of now presently, it is just called Beijing.
Landforms
• There were many landforms to settle, including the Himalaya
mountains which is located in the southwest.
Settlement Benefits
• It became poor or rich depending on if they lived in a place
where for example, if there was no water.
Settlement
• Some people were exposed to large bodies of water depending on
where they settled.
Why They Settled Where They Did
• They did because some people lived where the is more of
something than another place.
Advantages
• The advantages is the riches when the water overflowed.
Time Period
ANCIENT CHINA by Imani McClintock
TIME PERIOD Ancient China
• Ancient China civilization emerged in
Yu soon became the leader of other
tribes and was even stronger in power
after defeating a tribe at the border.
• The Xia Dynasty existed from 2070
Yu was named the king of the Xia
Dynasty when the last of the Five
Emperors named him to be king before
he died.
2070 BC with the rise of the Xia
Dynasty
BC – 1600 BC
• Yu the Great was able to prevent
floods from destroying the crops and
the Xia tribe became strong.
Before his death, Yu named his own son
ruler of the Xia Dynasty.
Time Period Ancient China
• In 1675 BC the Xia Dynasty was
overturned by King Tang who
formed the Shang Dynasty.
• The Shang Dynasty lasted more
than 600 years and was ruled by 30
different emperors.
• Tang was a giving and
compassionate leader
• Because Tang was generous the
people were happy and at ease and
they began to accomplish a better
way of life.
• The economy and the culture grew
with the first nine emperors of the
Shang Dynasty.
Time Period Ancient China
• Agriculture and fishing grew during
this time. The bronze wares, jade
carving and woven silk fabrics were
skills that made the Shang Dynasty
successful.
• The conditions of the dynasty began
to decline with the tenth ruler. His
family attempted to overthrow him
and he eventually lost his power.
• The last emperor of the Shang
Dynasty lived in wealth but treated his
advisors and the people badly.
• The economy grew weak from the
excessive spending and the military
was weakened after years of fighting.
• Zhou defeated the Shang dynasty
under the leadership of King Wu.
Timeline Ancient China
Ancient China Government
Imani McClintock
Structure
 Ancient Chinese government was ruled by dynasties.
 Dynasties often competed with each other to gain control over areas.
 The Chinese government was a monarchy – this is where the decisions and laws
are decided by one person, usually a king.
KING/Emperor
ruled the dynasty
Lords
• Appointed to
protect and
carry out the
Kings laws
Knights
• Appointed to
protect the
Lords and
the King
Servants
• Appointed
to work
the land.
Emperor Contributions
 Emperor Kangxi – ruled for 61 years. The empire gained wealth. He was a master
in Confucianism. He brought the Yellow River under control and promised to never
raise taxes.
 Emperor Chengzu – began exploratory sea voyages to the West Sea
 Emperor Khan – was a great military leader. He built the larges empire in Chinese
history. He promoted trade and tolerance of religion.
 Emperor Taizu – encouraged freedom of speech and thought this helped the
growth of science, arts and literature.
Emperor Contributions
 Emperor Taizong – had compassion for the peasants. He enforced the land
dividing system which promoted fair taxation.
 Emperor Sui – unified China and started the construction of the Grand Canal. He
also developed the imperial examinations which was used to choose government
officials.
 Emperor Shihuang – responsible for the construction of the Great Wall of China.
Laws
 The basic law of ancient China was devotion of children to their parents and for
every to obey the government.
 All other laws were put into place by the emperors.
 Chinese officials (called Mandarins) were required to teach the laws to the people.
 The punishment for breaking laws depended on the crime.
 If a crime was severe enough the punishment would be death or one could be
banned from the area.
Laws
 A girl who insulted her parents would be strangled. A person convicted of murder
would have their head cut off.
 If a person committed a crime against an emperor, they were showed no mercy,
they would be tortured and then killed.
Religion of Ancient China
By: Bryson Jackson
Worship of the Shang
In the Shang dynasty the type of worship they practiced was ancestor
worship. Ancestor worship is when people of the Shang honor their ancestors
through rituals such as offering food and wine to the dead.
Origin
The origin of this religion was between 1700 ti 1122 B.C.E.
Evolution
The religion evolved over time because the king had relationships to ancestral
spirits.
Major Religious Leaders
The major religious leaders of ancient China were the Zhou and Quin
dynasties.
Contributions
Bryson Jackson
Technological Innovations
• This civilization made a variety of weapons out of
bronze.
Their Form of Communication
• The type of communication this civilization used
was logographs, characters that stand for words.
Why it was Developed
• It was developed because it helped to unify the
Chinese people.
The Role of the Arts
• The role that the arts played in this civilization was
the invention of paper.
Main Art Forms
• The main art forms of the Shang was paper, paint,
and weapons.
Architecture
• Officials were punished if the grain in storehouses
spoiled or if a wall built under their supervision
collapsed.
The Arts
• The arts can inform us about the people who lived
during that time by painting them out.
CONTRIBUTIONS
Mahalya Daye
• The people of the Shang Dynasty used bronze to create
their technology.
• Bronze was mostly used to make weaponry.
• This weaponry was used to fight in wars.
• The people of the Shang did not have a spoken language.
• They communicated through writing.
• The Shang Dynasty created logographs.
• Logographs are graphic symbols that stand for words.
The Development of Written Communication
• The Shang’s written communication was very special.
• It was special because they made it up themselves.
• It was then revealed to other Chinese civilizations and
they started doing it.
• These civilizations believed that having a written
language helped in the unification of the people of China.
• The Shang Dynasty
also used bronze for
art.
Shang Art
and the
Main
Form of It
• Artists and
craftspeople made
aesthetic watercrafts.
• The main form of art in
this civilization was
jade pieces, which
were made of stone.
• Some of those vessels
had a special artist’s
touch to it.
• They had additions
like radiant designs
and mythical creature
pictures on it.
• The mythical creatures that they made makes
their art show what they believe in.
• The pictures also show what they worship.
• They worship my5hical creatures and gods.
Artifacts that Explain the Shang
• One of the artifacts that explains the people of the Shang
is jade discs.
• They were made by the craftspeople.
• These jade discs were made for the kings.
• The kings needed these discs to give to the nobles to
symbolize the power of the nobles.
Artifacts that Explain the Shang
• This artifact shows that the kings cared for their nobles.
• Another artifact made by the craftspeople are stone sculptures.
• These sculptures are of farm animals that Shang farmers would
have on a farm.
• This shows that the Shang people wanted people to know about
their farm animals.
Ancient China
CONTRIBUTIONS BY IMANI MCCLINTOCK
Ancient China - Contributions

There are many technological inventions by Ancient China
including bronze which was used to make weapons.

Gun powder, paper, the compass and printing are
considered four of the great inventions.

Paper was invented in the second century B.C. and was
used for money.
Ancient China - Contributions

The wood block printing press was invented in 868 A.D.

The magnetic compass was invented to help in building homes
and to make maps.

In the nineteenth century, gun powder was invented. This was
made originally as a potion for immortality & later the military
use.
Ancient China - Contributions

Early Chinese writing used pictographs as their writing tool.

Later, phonetics was used with pictographs to enhance their writing
system.

The Shang Dynasty used pictographs and the Rubus.

Two pictures were put together for form one word.

For example, a picture of a bee next to a picture of a leaf would
represent the word “belief”.
Ancient China - Contributions

The writing and speaking tools were used to
communicate.

As the Chinese defeated their neighbors their
writing and speaking styles were applied to
those neighboring countries.
Ancient China - Contributions
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Pottery and calligraphy are two of the main art forms of
ancient China.

Before paper was invented, calligraphy was written on silk
fabric.
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The Shang dynasty had artist that were great at working with
bronze and jade.

Ancient Chinese architecture followed the ideas of Chinese
philosophies (beliefs).

The first idea was that buildings should be long and low instead
of tall.
Ancient China - Contributions

The second idea was that both sides of the building should
be the same and balanced.
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During the Han Dynasty, Buddhism was introduced and
pagodas which are Buddhist temples were developed.

These buildings were tall and thin to keep sacred items in.

The arts showed how the Chinese were dedicated to their
ruler and their beliefs.
Ancient China - Contributions
Shaolin temple, founded in the 5th century and is long famous for
its association with Chinese Martial Arts particularly Shaolin King
Fu
Ancient China - Contributions
Bronze vessel artifact of the
Shang Dynasty era
Bronze axe used in hand to hand
combat. It was also a ritual object
that symbolized military authority.
Ancient China - Contributions
Traditional ancient
Chinese home
Yueyang Tower was
built in the Qing
Dynasty (1636 – 1911)