Transcript Chinese Dynasty - Washburn High School

Early Chinese Dynasty and Japan
11/5/14
Early Chinese Dynasties
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Dynastic Cycles
Social Structures
RICE
Chinese Inventions
– Porcelain
– Pictographs & Ideographs
– Paper
– Silk
– Gunpowder
Dynastic Cycle
“Mandate of Heaven”
- the belief that heaven
grant the emperors power
to rule
Key Pieces:
– Order vs Chaos
– Basic protections for people
– Right to Revolt
– Why is the “mandate of
heaven” a double edged
sword?
– Pg 88
Early Dynasties
• Shang (1750B.C.E.-1045B.C.E.)
– Written language appears
– Bronze work begins
• Zhou (1045B.C.E. - 256B.C.E.)
– Silk production begins
– Confucianism
• Qin (221B.C.E - 206B.C.E.)
– Terracotta Warriors created
– united China
• Han (202B.C.E – 220C.E.)
– Silk Road Trading Network
– Paper invented
– Civil Service Exam introduced
Social Structures
• Land Ownership
– similar to Japan and European feudalism
– Tied to the land, working land for a noble
• The family symbolized the entire social
structure for the country
– Male supremacy
– Children important for farming
• Rice farming is labor intensive
– Gender specific roles in society
• Civil Service Exams allowed for some
movement in society
Rice and Millet
• Considered ‘water crops’
– Rice needs specific
amounts of water to be
highly successful
• Projects created to
control Water
– Canals
– Irrigation
• Crops supported 60
million people in China by
the Han Dynasty (200
B.C.E.)
Northern Invasions
• Xiougnu
– A nomadic group north of
modern day China
– Highly mobile and
excellent horseman
– Related to the Mongols
– Constant threat to
northern China
• Chinese Reaction
– Built the Great Wall of
China – Map 5
Chinese Inventions and Culture
– Porcelain – perfected by 700 C.E.
– Pictographs & Ideographs
– Paper – 400C.E.
• Paper Money
– Silk – highly valuable
• Trade with Middle East and Europe
– Gunpowder – 580C.E.
• Europeans perfect the weapons over the next 1000 years
– Steel
• Adding Carbon to Iron
Japanese Geography
Green equals lower elevation.
Brown equals higher elevation.
1. What are the two dominate
features in Japanese
geography?
2. How would that effect
settlement patterns of the
people who live there?
3. How would its geography
effect the unification of Japan?
Japan - Political History
Clans had political authority early in
Japan’s development
a clan is a local group of people
who share allegiance to each other
(often families)
Clans would offer protection from
other clans in exchange for part the
yearly crop. (Feudalism)
Social Order is important in Japan as it
is in China
Japanese Unity
• 1st attempt in 622 C.E.
– unsuccessful
• Failure led to ‘Age of the
Samurai’ (700C.E.-1100C.E.)
– Paid Warriors
– Protection from other clans
– Bushido (the way of the warrior)
• 1192C.E. successful
unification
– Emperor centralizes power
• Modeled after Chinese gov’t
• removes local clan ties
• military power given to a shogun
China and Japan Timeline
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Due November 14th
Dates gives to you.
Event you have to find in your textbook.
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