Transcript Ancient China!

Ancient China
• Ancient China was
ruled by dynasties.
• Dynasties were
families of kings.
• China was named
after the Chin
Dynasty.
• About 200BC the
first Chin emporer
orderered a
building of a
great wall.
The Great Wall of China
• The Great Wall of
China was built
along China’s
northern border to
keep invaders out.
• The wall was
2250km long and
7m high.
• The road on top
was 6m wide to
allow two chariots
to pass.
Tombs
• When an Emporer
died, his coffin
was placed in a
great pit dug in
the ground.
• Everything that he
needed for the
next world was
buried with him
such as slaves, his
wifes and jade
clothes.
Writing
• The Chinese wrote
questions for the gods on
flat collor bones of cattle
and sheep or tortise
shells.
• They made a hollow at
the end of their question
• They put a hot bronze
needle in the hollow.
• The heat of the needle
would crack the hollow.
• The chinese belived that
the cracks told them if
the gods said “yes or no!”
to their question!
Paper
• The Chinese
made paper
from the inner
bark of a
mulberry tree.
• About 100AD
an Emperor
invented Paper.
Printing!
• The Chinese
invented printing.
• They carved
characters on a
block of wood!
• It was then
covered in ink.
• Paper was then
placed on the
wood and the
picture was
printed.
Silk!
• Silk was discovered
in China, There
wore silk worms on a
mulberry tree, the
worms left cocoons
on the tree!
• One of the cocoons
fell into water and
fine strands fell
apart.
• They wore weaved
together and it then
became silk.
The Silk Road
• Traders would
come and sell silk.
• They would sell it
through Asia and
the middle east to
Antioch it would
come by China
and the
Mediterranean.
• It was called the
silk road.
Inventions
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Gun powder was invented by
a scientist he was trying to
make a magic potion to
give ever lasting life. But
accidentally made
Gunpowder.
Seismograph was for telling
which way the earthquake
was coming! It had eight
dragon heads with a pearl
in its mouth, A frog was
placed underneath each
dragon.
When the earth shakes the
pearl would fall into the
frogs mouth!
KELLIE AND AISHLING.
• Thank you for
looking at our
project.
• We hope you
enjoyed it!
• It was lots of fun
making this
project.
• By Aishling Egan
and
Kelly Jordan