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sourses
by Stephanie DiMauro

and Raychel Fasciani

26 May 2015
Ancient china

Jane shuter

2006

Rich people had awesome homes and lots of slaves

Rich people could rule many places in china

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Most of China is mountainous and is home to some of the largest mountains in the world. They provided a border and made China hard to invade. Most people considered them sacred.

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There were many rivers in China that helped with a wide array of things like making land arable for farming which was a huge part of the Chinese economy. The Yellow River is often referred to as the cradle of civilization, because the first Chinese civilization formed at the bank. It is one of the longest rivers in the world at over 3,395 miles

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Confucius was a teacher in ancient China He had very strict ideas of how people should behave. He believed everything in life had to be done a certain way. One of his teachings was "If the mat is not straight the teacher will not sit."

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Chinese civilization 2000 National Geographic

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Chinese civilization 2000 National Geographic

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Chinese believe women are unequal from men

And men would rule over women

the men controled women

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Desert make up a large amounts of the country in the west and northwest just like the mountains, it sort of served as a natural barrier and was very hard to invade. The largest desert is the famous Gobi Desert.

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Gunpowder was one of the most important inventions ever. It is made with sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate. It was first used for medical purposes, but in 904AD it was used in warfare for the first time

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Preliminary Research Question: Choose at least four achievements to fully explain. Why were these achievements important or significant to the people in your civilization?

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Preliminary Research Question: Choose at least four achievements to fully explain. Why were these achievements important or significant to the people in your civilization?

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-The ancient Chinese invented gunpowder which was used to invent fireworks in 200 BC

-Gunpowder was later used to make cannons and guns

-tea was used in the Silk Road and other important trading routes

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551-479 BC

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they invented tea and tea is very popular in other places, and has been for a while They also invented silk and gunpowder and silk garments are popular and some people use gunpowder for guns They found a way to make tea with machines even before electricity. Without the Chinese there wouldn’t have been the boston tea party They invented porcelain 

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they invented tea and tea is very popular in other places, and has been for a while They also invented silk and gunpowder and silk garments are popular and some people use gunpowder for guns They found a way to make tea with machines even before electricity. Without the Chinese there wouldn’t have been the boston tea party They invented porcelain 

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Kites, board games, and card games were all invented around 500BC

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“Tea drinking soon spread all over the world, both over the land route from Northern China and across the sea from Fukien Province on China’s coast. Just think, without the Chinese, there might never have been a Boston Tea Party

China has a lot of earthquakes so they developed a seismograph so they could detect earthquakes

They also needed to be able to find directions so they developed magnets and compasses so they could navigate easily

They wanted to have some fun so they made wine

They developed devices for counting called an abacus

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China made the Silk Road which was really helpful for their economy. Lots of people used it and got Chinese goods like silk and tea.

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Farmers grew wheat barley and millet

They grew rice in the south

Crops were grown for the farmers and to supply the army and cities w/ food

They also raised pigs and chickens

They traded a lot of silk and it was very valuable

They also traded tea and gunpowder

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They made a lot of/invented tea and traded it so a lot of people started drinking tea

-They had a trade route called the Silk Road so a lot of people started knowing more about Chinese culture and started using silk

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Rosinsky, Natalie M. Ancient China. Compass Point Books, 2013.

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China by Stephen Hanks and Jarrett A. Lobell 2003 by Perfection Learning Corporation

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Most of their rulers were dynasties, such as the Shang or Chou

The different dynasties warred a LOT

The Han dynasty ended by war, like many other dynasty’s. Warlords would war against the emperor and eventually overthrow them

Sometimes it wasn’t war, it was just an uprising against a horrible ruler.

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Some Chinese people would use coins for trade. They were similar to modern day coins, and they had holes to string them together

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China by Stephen Hanks and Jarrett A. Lobell 2003 by Perfection Learning Corporation

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Edmonds, Richard Louis, et al. “China.” Encyclopedia Britannica, 2020, library-eb-com.evanston.idm.oclc.org/levels/youngadults/article/China/272682.

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Unknown, Author. “Facts About Famous Events & Records of the Past.” Totally History, 2012, totallyhistory.com/.

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There were many different dynasties throughout chinas history like, the Xia, Han, Zhou, and Zheng. The emperor held most of the power

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SHUTER, JANE. ANCIENT CHINA. HEINEMANN RAINTREE, 2016.

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National, Geographic. Chinese Civilization: 1600 B.C.-A.D. 220. National Geographic Society, 2005.

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Farmers were in the middle on the social tier. They were well respected for their contributions, it was not easy work.

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Merchants were considered the lowest class of workers. They weren’t allowed to wear silk or ride in carriages.

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https://youtu.be/QTNyIJHcPd0

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https://youtu.be/QTNyIJHcPd0