Transcript on China

Empires of China and India
The Fall of the Zhou Dynasty
 Eventually,
Zhou rulers began to
decline.
 The
Zhou kingdom divided into
several smaller territories.
 403
B.C. – Civil war broke out.
Qin Shi Huangdi
 The
Qin dynasty
crushed rivals and
eventually took
control.
 They
were led by
Qin Shi Huangdi
who proclaimed
himself “First
Emperor”.

To keep migratory invaders from
invading Chinese settlements from the
North

He built the Great Wall as a line of
defense
The Great Wall
 25
feet high topped with a brick road.
 100,000
worked for years on it.
 Eventually
 Did
went thousands of miles.
not actually keep invaders out.
 Great
Wall
became an
important symbol
to Chinese dividing and
protecting their
civilized world
from nomads.
Collapse of Qin dynasty

Shi Huangdi died in
210 BC.

Liu Bang (peasant)
founded Han dynasty
and defeated rival
armies.
Confucionism
Belief that
humans are good,
not bad
 Respect for
elders
 Code of
politeness
 Emphasis on
education
 Ancestor worship

Goal: To have a structured society.
Confucianism is both a religion and
a philosophy of China, and of Asia
as a whole. It stresses human
conduct over belief in God.
Taoism
Lao Tzu
 Teaches
humility and to live a simple
life with inner peace.
 Values harmony with nature.
 To be one with nature
 Goal to gain balance in life
Yin and Yang
 Symbol
that
represented
opposites for
Confucianism
and Taoism.
 Civil
Service System exam - officials
got position on merit rather than
family background.
 Passing
the exam meant you
obtained a government job which was
prestigious.
 Women
did not take the exam.
 Broke
up after 400 years of unity.
 Warlords
overthrew the last Han
emperor and China, once again,
broke up into several kingdoms.
Achievements

Wrote books on
zoology, chemistry,
and botany.

Acupuncture.

Most technologically
advanced
civilization - made
paper and
porcelain.
Define these Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Huang He
11. Calligraphy
Silk Road
Mandate of Heaven
Feudalism
12. Go to page 102
Dynasty
Answer questions 12-18
Confucianism
Taoism
Yin Yang
Great Wall
New Empires in India
The Mauryan Dynasty

Created by Chandragupta.

Unified much of India by building roads,
harbors.

Free hospitals, veterinary clinics

Harsh, effective ruler - had secret police to
report on corruption, crime, and opposing
ideas.
Asoka
Chandragupta's grandson.
 Continued political unification of much of
India
 Fought long, bloody war in which over
100,000 people died - he was shocked
and decided to never war again. He
converted to Buddhism and rejected
violence.


He helped spread Buddhism throughout
Asia.
Buddhists
Gupta Empire
Golden Age of Indian culture.
 Contributions in Science and Mathematics.
 Figured out size of moon and the concept
of a round earth.
 First to use system of numbers based on
ten.
 Among first to use zero.
 Could set broken bones.
 Created new textiles and literature.

Gupta Empire
& Temples