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Han dynasty- The Han Dynasty rose when Liu Bang became the king of the Han in 206 b.c. after the fall of the Qin dynasty. During the previous dynasty, Liu bang had been a minor government official. By the time the Qin collapsed, Liu Bang had raised an army and claimed the vacant throne. The Han dynasty fell when political struggles at the royal court and administrative dishonesty plagued the last century of the Han rule. Also, powerful regional officials began to treat peasants unfairly, and a large scale rebellion broke out. The Han dynasty fell in 220.

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Gunpowder
"Gunpowder completely changed the way wars were waged and contributed to the eventual establishment of might over right." Gunpowder was accidentally discovered in ancient China.

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Social Structure

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Politics
Hardy, Grant. "Han dynasty." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.

Hardy, Grant. "Qin dynasty." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.

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Achievements
Hardy, Grant. "Great Wall of China." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.

Xiong, Victor Cunrui. "Terra-cotta army of Xi'an." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.

Kennedy, James E. "Gunpowder." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.

Cole, Christine W. "Silk." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2017. Web. 13 Feb. 2017.

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Economy

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Religion
Cline, Erin M. "Confucianism." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2017. Web. 10 Feb. 2017.

Schober, Juliane. "Buddhism." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2017. Web. 10 Feb. 2017.

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Geography
History Alive!
Bower, Bert, and Wendy Frey. History Alive!: The Ancient World. Rancho Cordova, CA: Teachers' Curriculum Institute, 2011. Print.

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Qin Dynasty: the Qin dynasty began after Shi Huangdi conquered rival states to the east. He later extended his rule to southeast china. The dynasty maintained firm control over the areas it ruled. The Qin dynasty fell after Shi Huangdi died, and his son proved to ba a bad ruler. Rebellions began in 209 B.C., and the Qin dynasty collapsed in 206 B.C. The Han Dynasty then took over

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Eight fold path
The eight fold path had 8 philosophies
1. Knowledge of the truth.
2. The intention to resist evil.
3. Saying nothing to hurt others.
4. Respecting life, morality, and property.
5. Holding a job that does not injure others.
6. Striving to free ones mind of evil.
7. Controlling ones feelings and thoughts.
8. Practicing proper forms of concentration.

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The Tibet Qing-Hai Plateau
The Tibet Qing-Hai Plateau is  rocky land surrounded by mountains. It is a very hard place to live with very cold, thin, dry air. In ancient times it was a very challenging place to live. It was too cold and dry to live and farm in.

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Dynasty: a succession of people from the same family who play a prominent role in business, politics, or another feild.
Ancient China had dynasties. These dynasties were ruled by one family. When another family took over, that was the start to a new dynasty. Some of those dynasties were the Han, Qin, and Manchu dynasties.

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The Silk Road was a path where people from different places traded goods, mainly silk, because only china knew the secrets on how to make it, but they also traded jade, porcelain, rice, spices, tea, and other products.

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The Silk Road: Connecting the ancient world through trade - Shannon Harris Castelo

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Advantage- Peasants and crafts people had an advantage because they grew food and produced goods for all of China, so they were given a higher position on the social hierarchy.
Disadvantage- Merchants had a disadvantage because they traded goods not produced by their own hand, therefore they were looked down upon by other people higher up in the hierarchy.

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Silk
No one knows for sure when silk was discovered, but it was around 2700 b.c. When the emperor ordered his wife to find out what was eating their mulberry trees.

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The Great Wall of China
The great wall of china dates back to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) The purpose of the wall was to keep out invaders. The great wall goes through mountain peaks, valleys, and crosses rivers.

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Shell-coins were the currency of Ancient China.

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Confucius
"Confucianism was the most important force in Chinese culture. It influenced art, education, government, literature, personal behavior, and philosophy." as world book states Confucianism is a very important in Chinese culture.

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The Huang He River
The Huang He river, (also known as the yellow river), is one of the worlds longest rivers and may also be one of the worlds muddiest. The river helps farmers by carrying silt to fertilize surrounding lands, but it has also been a source of disaster for many years. the river has flooded over 1,500 times in the past 3,000 years, causing disaster and death.

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A man named Siddhartha Gautama left his palace life to go out in the world to find the four noble truths the 4 noble truths are...

1. Suffering is a part of life 2. There are causes of suffering

3.  There is a state of Transcendence of suffering

4.There is a path that leads to this state

after he discovered them  he taught this message and founded a community called Buddhism. After that people called him  Buddha which means Enlightened one.

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Terra-Cotta Warriors
The terra cotta warriors are a collection of ancient, life sized statues of soldiers. Over 7,500 are buried in three large pits at the sight. The figurines were models of real life warriors of the Qin army.

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The explore team visits the tomb of the Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses, where there is a ceramic army of as many as 8,000 life-sized, intricately carved statues modeled after Emperor Qin's army.

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The Gobi Desert

Stretching over 500,000 square miles, the Gobi Desert is one of the worlds largest deserts. Most of the desert is stony and the vegetation is sparse.