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- The Shang Dynasty lasted in China from around the mid-1700's or mid-1500's B.C. to 1111 B.C. after King Zhou was ousted by Wuwang (Newsela).
-  The usage of the metal bronze was quite common throughout the Shang rule. Bronze containers for drinking were used during ceremonies and weapons such as axes were forged from bronze and so were chariots used in battle (Newsela).
- In the eyes of the Shang, metal was linked to royalty which is why the tombs of Shang kings were filled with hundreds of small bronze objects (Newsela).
- Chinese people started writing during this period and inscribed words on bones to start out and this lead to Chinese priests using tortoise shells and cattle bones to answer questions about the future. The Shang were also skilled workers that made objects out of several materials such as bone, jade, ceramics, stone, wood, shells and bronze (Newsela).
- The Shang utilized their own social pyramid in which the king was at the top, followed by top military leaders, priests, merchants and farmers. Burials were one way in which social classes were distinguished from one another. Rich people were buried in special tombs while lower classes were buried in pits of many sizes and some were even simply tossed in wells after they died (Newsela).
-  Worshipping your ancestors was an important practice for the Shang. Shang Ti was the god the Shang worshipped above all else, and was believed to be the link between humans and other gods considered lesser to him (Newsela).
- The Shang Dynasty declined due to multiple battles with nomads and warring tribes within China (Newsela).
-  https://www.ancient.eu/Shang_Dynasty/

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- The Zhou Dynasty was the longest-lasting dynasty in ancient Chinese history lasting from 1046 B.C. to 256 B.C. (Ancient.eu).
-  The dynasty ended due to the army of the state of Qin  captured the city of Chengzou in 256 B.C. (Ancient.eu).
-  The history of the Zhou is divided into two distinct periods, Western Zhou which lasted from 1046 B.C. to 771 B.C., and Eastern Zhou which lasted from 770 B.C. to 256 B.C. (Ancient.eu).
-  Several key figures shaped the character of Chinese civilization up to the persent and that includes, Laozi, Confucius, Mencius, and Mozi, who all lived during the Eastern Zhou period (Ancient.eu).
-  King Wen was the first influential figure in the Zhou's rich history and is credited with conceiving the plan to overthrow the Shang Dynasty (Ancient.eu).
- Some key achievements and inventions of the Zhou are, perfection of bronze casting, development of warfare technology, engineering technology for irrigation, drainage, waterways, canals dikes and dams, perfection of the calendar, and developing basic arithmetic (Chinaknowledge.de).
-  The Zhou promoted the Mandate of Heaven, which they believed gave them their right to rule (World Book).
-  The Zhou established Feudalism as the the system of government which allowed  local lords to govern their own lands, but owed military and other forms of support to the rulers (World Book).
-  https://www.ducksters.com/history/china/zhou_dynasty.php

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- The Qin Dynasty came about by conquering the broken feudal-states of China, and gaining control of their territories, thus unifying the feudal-states (Newsela).
-  Part of the Great Wall of China was constructed during the Qin Dynasty's rule (Newsela).
- When the Qin unified China in 221 B.C., it's king at the time, Shi Huangdi, claimed the title of "First Sovereign Emperor" (Newsela).
-  Shang Yang had everyone in the Qin state use the same system of weights and measures which was helpful to merchants that traded, because merchants now did not have to compare different measures of goods (Newsela).
- When Shi Huangdi died, he was buried with 6,000 terracotta soldiers in an elaborate underground tomb (Newsela).
- The Qin lasted from 221 B.C. to 202 B.C. (Newsela).
-  https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-china/qin-dynasty

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-  The Han Dynasty's claim to fame is that they were the dynasty that opened up the western world due to it having the Silk Road, which helped the east and west trade with one another (Newsela).
-  The Great Wall of China's construction was mostly built during Han rule, but not started during it, picking up where the Qin left off (Newsela).
-  The main inventions during the Han rule were paper and porcelain, which are still used everywhere in the present (Newsela).
-   During the Han Dynasty, acupuncture, herbal medicine, and astronomy were all studied (Newsela).
-   The Han Dynasty lasted from 206 B.C. to 220 A.D. (Newsela).
-    Corruption and other problems led to the fall of the Han (Newsela).
-    http://factsanddetails.com/china/cat2/sub2/entry-5426.html

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- The Sui Dynasty lasted from 581 A.D. to 618 A.D (World Book).
-  After 400 years of civil war in China, Yang Jian decided it was time for a change and would unite the majority of Northern and Southern China and became the first ruler of the Sui Dynasty (World Book).
-  The first Grand Canal was constructed by Sui Yangdi and would remain vital for China's economy for hundreds of years as a waterway to ship goods (World Book).
-   The Sui army was taken down by the Koreans in 612 A.D. and the Eastern Tusks in 615 A.D. (World Book).
-   In 618 A.D., Yandi was assassinated and the Sui Dynasty ended because of this (World Book).
-  https://www.thoughtco.com/sui-dynasty-emperors-of-china-195252

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-  The Tang took over after China revolted once the Sui were out of power (Newsela).
-  The Tang lasted from 618 to 907 A.D. which became China's next Golden Age (Newsela).
-   The Tang invented gunpowder and the world's earliest printed book (Newsela).
-    The Tang also had the only female emperor in Chinese history who was known as Li Longji (Newsela).
-   The fall of the Tang dynasty was caused by many factors but the major factor was the uprising of the eunuchs, who were a lower group of society and they overthrew the Tang Dynasty thus ending it for good (Newsela).
-  https://www.ancient.eu/Tang_Dynasty/

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-  The Song Dynasty began in 960 A.D. and ended in 1279 A.D. (World Book).
-   The Song were known for discovering many varieties of rice and introducing better farming practices and allowed farmers to hold two harvest in one year doubling the amount of rice produced (World Book).
-    Neo-Confucianism was another concept conceived by the Song and combined Confucianism with elements of Buddhism and Taoism (World Book).
- A notable invention was a movable type, which allowed people to produce books and were the reason Poetry and Literature became popular during this Dynasty (World Book).
-   The Song dynasty ended when their allies, the Mongols, turned on them and started their own dynasty (World Book).
-  https://www.ancient.eu/Song_Dynasty/

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-  The Ming Dynasty started in 1368 A.D. and ended in 1644 A.D. (Newsela).
-   Several creations conceived by the Ming include, a police force called the Censorate, three agencies in charge of controlling problems in their respective provinces, drama shows from the past were resurrected, and carvings made from several materials were made during this time (Newsela).
-  The Ming encountered several conflicts most notable with the Mongols, and these conflicts lead to the dynasty's downfall (Newsela).
-  https://sites.google.com/site/theexplorationnation/zheng-he-1

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-   World Book
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