Transcript Ancient China

Ancient China
Chapter 6-5: Han Contacts with
Other Cultures
Bell Work 11/4
Instructions: Write the list below and then tell which Chinese
dynasty the following belong to?
1. Organized Family Life
2. Shi Huangdi
3. Warring States
4. China unified under Confucianism
5. Wudi
6. Jade
7. Great Wall of China
8. Yu the Great
9. China unified under legalism
10. Acupuncture
11. China’s first Writing System
12. Confucianism, Legalism, Daoism
13. Liu Bang
What do you remember?
Think-Pair-Share
Who was the first Han Emperor?
True or False: The first Han Emperor was hated.
Who became the Han Emperor in 140 BC?
What philosophy did Wudi adopt?
Under Wudi, what could one do to get a good position in the government?
What were some Han Achievements?
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Objectives and Expectations
The Big Idea
Trade routes led to the exchange of new products and ideas among China,
Rome, and other peoples.
Main Ideas
• How did farming and manufacturing grow during the Han dynasty?
• What linked China with the Middle East and Rome?
• How did Buddhism spread to China from India and gain many followers?
What is the exchange of new products and ideas from one culture to
the next?
Building on Knowledge & Real-Life
Connections
What are some examples of cultural diffusion in
our society?
How has cultural diffusion affected us?
Technological Advances
during the Han Dynasty
Farming
•Iron plow could dig
more land and raise
more food
•Wheelbarrow able to
haul more products
Manufacturing
•Iron swords and armor
•Silk: a soft, light, highly
valued fabric
Which of these products can you infer became very valuable to the
Chinese?
Trade Routes
• Chinese goods became highly valued in other lands, so trade routes began
opening up.
• Trading Chinese silk for strong Central Asian horses became a primary
goal under the rule of Emperor Wudi.
• Central Asians could then take the silk and trade it for products in other
lands.
What type of trade system is it called when you trade a product for
another product?
The Silk Road
The Silk Road was a network of routes stretching more than 4,000 miles across
Asia’s deserts and mountain ranges, through the Middle East and stopping at
the Mediterranean Sea.
Chinese traders only used the road until they reached Central Asia, and then
gave their goods to local traders.
Travelers banded together for protection along the many miles of difficult terrain
(mountains, deserts, harsh weather). They also sometimes hired armed soldiers
to protect them from bandits.
China grew rich from trading silk with other lands.
Quick Fact
China kept silk making a secret
for centuries.
China still produces about 50
percent of the world’s silk.
Buddhism Comes to China
Contact with New Cultures
• When the Han dynasty began to fail, people looked to old religions to find
answers, but were disappointed.
• After coming into contact with Indian Buddhists on trade routes, many
Chinese brought the teachings home to China.
Impacts on China
• In hopes of relieving the suffering of human life, both rich and poor people
began to embrace the teachings of the Buddha.
• The popularity of Buddhism in China is an example of diffusion: the spread of
ideas from one culture to another.
Expectations: I have
correctly identified the
location of the Silk Road
and items traded along it.
6-7 Minutes
1. Evaluate pages 190-191.
2. Answer the following questions in
complete sentences: A. Where did the Silk
Road begin and end? B. What two empires
did the Silk Road connect by AD 100? C.
What were some goods traded along the
Silk Road?
Other items traded along the Silk Road
Rome
China
Central Asia
-Glassware
-Paper
-Horses
-silver/gold
-Silk
-Buddhism
-precious stone
-Jade
-Spices
Do you Know?
Exit Ticket/Note Card (1-7)
1. The Silk Road was a network of routes that stretched from
________ to ________.
2. List at least 3 items that were traded on the Silk Road and
where they were from
3. The exchange of goods and
. ideas between cultures is called
____________.
4. What religion comes to China from India through the Silk
Road?
5. A system in which you exchange goods for other goods is called
a __________.
6. The Silk Road started during the _________ Dynasty.
7. What 2 advances did the Han create that made farming easier?
Homework Reminders
• Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow 11/5
• Chinese Dynasties Project due 11/6 or 11/8
• Do not forget about the 3.15 day 11/7