https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax Ancient Chinas peak before 1200 BCE en-us 2021-08-11 19:04:29 UTC 2024-12-16 23:45:29 UTC hello@padlet.com calebmaker https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1676159866 The Song dynasty was the most economic and revolutionary era for the Chinese empire. Between the time period of 960-1126 or the Northern Song's time, this was a period of Economic growth that hadn't been predicted in early Chinese years. The Southern Song Empire contained a large population and productive agricultural land. It had a strong naval defense for its waters land and borders. During this time Chinas economy was unparralleled to anyone else's, Chinas national income was around three times that of Europe during the 9-12th century. ]]> 2021-08-12 01:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1676159866 calebmaker https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1676263859 ALL OF THE WEBSITES USED: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Chinese_history#/media/File:Timeline_of_Chinese_History.jpg 
This website is where I got the timeline of Chinese history before 1200 BCE

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/songdynasty-module/index.html
I got a picture of the Chinese empire before 1276 BCE in which was the time period of the Song dynasty, the most powerful era for China before 1200 BCE. 

https://amazingbibletimeline.com/blog/yu-the-great/ 
Yu the Great

https://www.ancienthistorylists.com/china-history/famous-people-ancient-china/#1_Gan_De 
Zhang Heng and Zu Chongzhi information

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/chinese-religions-and-philosophies/
Chinese religion info

https://www.britannica.com/place/China/Social-political-and-cultural-changes 
The political system info.]]> 2021-08-12 02:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1676263859 calebmaker https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1676276878 The timelines events occur from the beginning of the Chinese to 1200 BCE, starting at 2070 BC with Yu the Great leading people to overcome a massive flood. And ending during the song dynasty and also them creating the paper currency, another great accomplishment of its time.]]> 2021-08-12 02:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1676276878 calebmaker https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1676488317 To start, we have Yu the Great, He was believed to be a descendant of the Yellow Emperor and was born in the Year of the Tiger at Mount Wen, presently located in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province. His parents were a woman who was a descendant of the Youxin clan and a man named Gun. He was married to a woman who dwelt in Mount Tu, and they became the parents of a son they named Qi. Zhang Heng had lived during the Han dynasty and was an expert in subjects like astronomy, mathematics, since and hydraulics. Zhang was not from a royal family but he was taught Confucianism and after educating himself in various fields he served as a chief astronomer and later as a palace attendant at the imperial court. The next is Zu Chongzhi, this famous man was known mainly for his precise calculations, and his understandings of mathematics, as well as astronomy. His family had served the king for many years, astronomers having an important role at court because it was thought that the king received his orders from heaven.]]> 2021-08-12 06:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1676488317 calebmaker https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1676527079 https://www.ancienthistorylists.com/china-history/famous-people-ancient-china/#1_Gan_De 
This was my primary source document because it gives me a top 10 list of the most famous people in China and what they did. It gave me all the people I needed to understand why China thrived at the times that it did, and explained a lot of the origins thoroughly and which people made them.]]> 2021-08-12 07:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1676527079 calebmaker https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1676537462 The geography of Ancient China had formed the way civilization and culture had developed. The large land was isolated from a lot of the rest of the world by deserts to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the east, and impassable mountains to the south. This had helped China develop and advance on its own with no interruptions of neighboring civilizations. The Yangtze River was one of the main geographical impacts on China, being the third largest river in the world. It helped farmers who lived along the river make rice and start to become wealthy. The land was mainly desert with mountains from time to time.]]> 2021-08-12 07:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1676537462 calebmaker https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1676544699 The Chinese religious beliefs were mainly Confucius, Taoism, and Buddhism. These were considered the "three pillars" of ancient Chinese society. Confucianism is what mainly changed a lot of things in Chinese society, religion back in these times influenced everything in a society and how it was run, and the way Confucianism worked was this. The point of Confucianism is the importance of having a good moral character. It's entirely based around a system of social and ethical philosophy rather than religion. Confucianism was built off of social values, institutions, and transcendent ideals of traditional Chinese society.]]> 2021-08-12 07:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1676544699 calebmaker https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1677128799 One of the Chinese greatest inventions was the invention of paper. The invention of paper had greatly advanced humanity, but it wasn't  a eunuch named Cai Lon (ca. 50 AD – 121) made significant innovation and helped drive its widespread adoption. His advanced paper-making technology then spread to central Asia and the world through the Silk Road. The Chinese found writing an important form of art, being so important that writing poetry would earn you class in the social structure. Paintings were also inspired by the poetry created a lot of the time. The image above was one of few art pieces that survived from 1000 BCE to today, carved to have the design of a dragon and a phoenix on it, a cherished Chinese piece.]]> 2021-08-12 17:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1677128799 calebmaker https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1677143638 The creation of Chinas politcal standpoint was created through many bloody wars of years and years to create a unified China. Chinas  political system was in shambles back in 1200 BCE. They were currently in the decline of feudalism due to them suffering from a continual dilution of authority. As a state expanded, its nobility acquired vassals, and these in turn acquired their own vassals. ]]> 2021-08-12 17:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1677143638 calebmaker https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1677162106 China had a strong society hold during mainly the Song dynasty or in other words what I believe to be Chinas peak before 1200 BCE. China had a strong social structures due to the environmental defense they had with the Himalayans protecting them constantly. The Chinese had developed writing skills and were able to build a stable way of what roles people would be given, and they had no trouble or were in no rush to figure it out because China usually never faced any neighboring societies invading unlike some other societies.]]> 2021-08-12 17:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1677162106 calebmaker https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1677566580 #6 China's cultural aspects included mostly religious aspects like Confucianism and Buddhism as well as Daoism. Confucianism was the religion of respect, this was what created the foundation of China. Confucianism was later turned into Neo-Confucianism after Buddhism and Confucianism combined. Confucianism was one of the few religions that didn't discriminate in any way. It bases itself on good morals and having a golden rule of "Do not do unto others what you would not want others to do unto you." Chinas main great accomplishments still affect the world today. China had created gunpowder, paper, and the compass. The compass is obviously a very important factor in the agricultural life of today, it was the origins of all forms of transportation in which we had an idea of where we were for the first time. Gunpowder was used through a lot of wars, this could have changed the outcome of what the world is today. Paper is also used today as it was mainly used for writing and creating scrolls and to pass knowledge down.]]> 2021-08-13 01:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/calebmaker/5cvpfzvqv6pqbaax/wish/1677566580