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Mythical and Quasi-legendary

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Iron age

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Known for developing flood control and dug canals to control water from the yellow river.

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bronze age

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King Jie of Xin- tribal leader and oppressive ruler

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Also this dynasty has sever lack of documents

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The first emperor and the bridge of gods and people

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King has absolute power and does religious stuff
Aristocrats are basically the right hand man of the king
Citzens pay taxes through the harvest to local lord or vassals

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Earliest written records and were used to tell fortune
Tracing their writing back to bronze age demonstration the power continunety

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The Zhou claimed to be the son of heaven to rule with the mandate of heaven (this is where mandate of heaven started)

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The divine authority and son of heaven is title of the emperor

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First chinise female general

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Pictrographs- A representation of word or phrase
Ideograms-

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Tracing their writing back to Bronze age to show the powerful continuity of chinese civilization.

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Tribe called Zhou attacked and defeated Shang through military conquest

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King gives portion of lands to nobles and in return Nobles are to be loyal and give military service king and safeguard the people within his land

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Warring state and spring Autumn period

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Local lords refused to pay taxes and provide labor and military services.

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a.) confucianism- Golden rule "Do not unto others what you would not want others unto you"
b.) Daoism/Taoism- Inaction- don't interfere. Let it grow naturally.
c.) Legalism - People are bad, The world is just composed of good, evil obedience and guilt, order and chaos.

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Qin and Han is the first empires because of their accomplishments.

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Xienyang known as Xi'an

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First emperor of china
"huang" means "emperor"
"Shiuangdi" means "the first of the emperors"
Removed Feudalism
Used Legalism
Hates Confucianism

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E-Fang Palace
Great wall of china - Used to protect their territory from barbarians.

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Shihuandi's tomb

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The major project labor was too unbearable leading to a rebellion after they learned of Shihuangdi's death.

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"Han Gaozu" means "Great Ancestor of the Han dynasty"
One of the most competent emperor in china.

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combined Confuanism, Daoism and legalism = remodeled Confucianism

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Nomadic tribe

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Assigned to make make military allies and trade relationships with Xionqnu

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Trading route

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Paper making, gunpowder making and silk making

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Great Historian

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China's major ethic group, the "Han Chinese" Came from the Han dynasty.

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The tax burden was too much and a peasant rebellion broke out.
Tension between non-Han Nomadic tribal invasions

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"China" and "Chinese" from the word Qin

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Emperor Wan and Yang

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Flourished party because they gained support of military leaders, that led to reuniting some territories in china.

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It connected many places in China

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Massive construction projects that required too much labor and so it turned into a rebellion.

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China became the most prosperous country.
Removed death penalty, improved their economy and etc..
Best emperor but fell in love with an abusive person. It ended with a rebellion

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Many artistic and cultural achievements including the China earliest legal code and fortifying the Great Wall. Caligraphy, painting, poetry came. "Civilized" Chinese people could produce more beautiful caligraphy and other arts than other Non-chinese.

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They thought they were in the center of the world, thus making them they are the best

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But in the end it was divided :(

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Invaded

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Lowering taxes, reforms on the legal and educational system, redistrubuting land and etc

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Mass production of books

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Invented gunpowder, waterproof, fireproofing devolped agriculture machines to speed up planting, irragating and harvesting crops.

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Northern song- Seinomadic people Jurchens conquered the capital bringing it to an end.
Southern song- Collapsed through Mongol invation Kublai Khun

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-Established the song Dynasty
- Civil service exam
-Succeeded by his brother Emepror Taizong
-Song dynasty stability was established by these two first emperors

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Song dynasty developed a defensive,inward looking strategy and became less open to adopting foreign styles and ideas.
Their beliefs: Confuanism and Daoism/Taoism

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Their military was weak but economically strong. So they bribed those invaders

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The economy was great
They utilized the silk road across the Indian Ocean

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Granade and porcelain

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back then people thought smaller feet would make woman more attracted.

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Song dynasty was rich but lacked many things.

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Genghis Khan- He made several major attacks on song dynasty
Kublai Khan- Finnaly conquered song dynasty and established Yuan dynasty

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Kublai Khan ensured Mongols would always get the advantage in china by classing them in the four system. They made Mongols on the top

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Removed the civil service exam, encouraged to use paper money, porcelain making and etc..

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Documented his explorations and experiences of the easy especcialy China

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-Flooding of the yellow river
-Famine,plagues and cold winter
- "Expansion of territory" to conquer Japan but failed

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-He joined a rebel group related to the white Lotus soiecty

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Ming  porcelain was white and blue
Jingdezhen- Location of imperial porcelain factory

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Believed to be the most effective defense against invasions.

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-Invasion of the Manchus
-Cold winters

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Second time China was not ruled by the han people

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Second time China was not ruled by the han people

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China was conqured by Manchus from Manchuria

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First emperor of Qing dynasty. 9th son of Huang Taiji, the ruler of Manchuria who led the attack on Beijing resulted in the collapse of Ming dynasty

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"Keep your hair, lose your head; keep your head, cut your hair;"

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Emperor Kangxi(1661-1722)- Golden age began
Emperor Yong (1723-1735) - Golden age continued
Emperor Qianlong (1735-1796)- Golden age reached it peak.

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But the Qing court still carefully controlled limits on foreign traders.

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Opium wars- second opium war- The Taping Rebellion

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Opium wars- second opium war- The Taping Rebellion

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-China to become the most populous country

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China's first "provincial president".
"Father of the nation" The republic of China Era (1912-1949)