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They had a lot of land and a lot of different geography within that land!

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Their religion was based around warriors and spirits!

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The Ancient Chinese has a lot of land. They occupied 3.7 million square miles. Their border was the Pacific Ocean. China has mountains, rivers, deserts, grasslands, and forests. The earliest Chinese people lived in the yellow northern river valley.

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They invented a lot of things we still use today!

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Emperors were in charge of the people in China.

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The Ancient Chinese traded stuff that they need and want with other countries!

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Women were disrespected greatly.

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Their geography features affected them negatively because they were isolated from the rest of the ancient world. It affected them positively because they had trade routes for food and water.

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China bordered 2 seas, the China sea and the Yellow Sea. They are both located in the Pacific Ocean. The Himalayan mountains went along China’s border. China bordered 2 of the worlds most dangerous deserts. Which is why China was isolated for so many years.

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In ancient China, they would do a lot of different things based on their 3 main differing religions. One of them being the fact that, many people would write on then burn bones to tell the future.

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There were 3 different main religions in ancient China. Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. They all believed in different beliefs, and worshipped different things.

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Confucianism believed in a very strict government, which goes with political system. However, Taoism didn’t believe in a strict government, which also goes with political system. Confucianism is famous today for all of their powerful sayings, which ties into achievements.

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There were a lot of achievements that helped people in Ancient China, such as:
Great Wall: Meant to keep out invaders from the north

The Silk Road:The Silk Road was a network for trading with Europe

Sundial: The sundial told people in ancient China what time it was

Seismograph: The seismograph was used to tell when and where earthquakes were happening

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They would trade their inventions and goods and trade them. Other civilizations got some of China’s inventions and China got some of the other civilizations inventions.

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One major invention that the Ancient Chinese invented was gunpowder!  Gunpowder has changed a lot back then since now. Back then, in the 9th century, the ancient Chinese invented it when they were trying to find the Elixir of Immortality. Now, we use it for bombs, guns, mines, and even rockets.

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There were lots of political systems in Ancient China. Chinese dynasties were one. Chinese  dynasties were groups of people, that were families, that were in power. There were different dynasties at different times. For example, there was a dynasty called the Xia dynasty that began around 2,000 BCE.

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A disadvantage of the political system in Ancient China was that sometimes people fought over who should be the next emperor. An advantage is that the decision, so the decisions were made instantly.

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A lot of different things caused the government to rise or fall, dynasties were one of them. Dynasties would have different opinions about things. When there was a good dynasty the government would rise, but when the next dynasty disagreed then the government would fall.

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Something called the Silk Road was used for economy. It allowed different countries to trade different goods. The Silk Road was used for many civilizations to trade.

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The Ancient Chinese traded multiple different things. Some main things they traded was tea, silk and spices with Ancient Rome for gold sire and gems.

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Their economy even affected other cultures and people. The ancient Chinese traded a lot of their goods. Since they were trading it to other civilizations, it affected them in different ways. They used different ways to trade items, one of the was the Silk Road. So, by trading their inventions, it affected different cultures and people.

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In Ancient China the social hierarchy was by 4 parts. At the top of the social hierarchy was the emperor. Then it was social class. Next was the middle class, such as fishermen, farmers, etc. Lastly was working class, such as, servants, slaves, etc.

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The social hierarchy had quite a few advantages and disadvantages. The emperor was at the top. Scholars had an advantage, they had a good job. Near the bottom were merchants, however many merchants became rich. They were envied by scholars and treated poorly because of that. Then there were slaves. They were not given the same amount of food and money and clothing, and women were not as respected as men.

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If you think that women were highly respected in Ancient China, you’re wrong. No, women were treated awfully. Women could not participate in any activities open to men. Women were supposed to obey only men.

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