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TRIVIA

WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF CHINA?

BEIJING

What is the Chinese currency?

YUAN

Who led or ruled ancient China?

EMPERORS

Who is the cutest of them all?

KIKS CUTE!;)



ANCIENT CHINA

GROUP II



The Chinese Civilization

Originated in various regional centers alongthe Yellow River and the Yangtze River valleysin the Neolithic era.

The Yellow River is said to be the Cradle ofChinese Civilization.

The written history of China can be found asearly as the Shang Dynasty (c. 1700 – 1406

BC) although ancient historical texts such asthe Records of the Grand Historian (ca. 100BC) and Annals Bamboo assert the existenceof a Xia Dynasty before the Shang.



YELLOW RIVER : YANGTZERIVER




Oracle bones with ancient Chinese writing fromthe Shang Dynasty have been radiocarbon datedto as early as 1500 BC.

The origins of the present-day Chinese culture,literature and philosophy developed during theZhou Dynasty (1045 – 256 BC).

The Zhou Dynasty began to bow to external and

pressures in the 8th century BC, and the kingdomeventually broke apart into smaller states,beginning in the Spring and Autumn period andreaching full expression in the warring statesperiod.




In between eras of multiple kingdoms andwarlordism, Chinese dynasties (or, morerecently, the republics) have ruled all of China

(minus Xinjiang and Tibet) (and, in some eras,including the present, they have controlledXinjiang and Tibet as well).

This practice began with the Qin dynasty: in221 BC, Qin Shi Huang united the variouswarring kingdoms and created the first

Chinese empire.



ANCIENT CHINA

DYNASTIES:



XIA DYNASTY



XIA DYNASTY

The Bronze Age Xia Dynasty is thought to averun from the end of the third millennium BC tothe middle of the second.

It is the first dynasty, known through legends.



SHANG DYNASTY



SHANG DYNASTY

Though to have run from 1600-1100 BC.

Also called the Yin Dynasty.

During the Shang dynasty, it was ruled by 30different emperors with 17 generations.

Tang the Great founded the dynasty.

King Zhou was its final ruler.

Oracle bones from this period attest toChinese writing.



SHANG DYNASTY



CHOU DYNASTY (ZHOU)



CHOU DYNASTY (ZHOU)

Ruled China from about 1027- 221 BC.

It was the longest dynasty in Chinese history.

Divided into:

Western Zhou 1027 -771 BC

Eastern Zhou 770-221 BC

770-476 BC – Spring and Autumn period

475-221 BC – Warring states period



QIN DYNASTY

BRONZE EDICT PLATE

Shi huangdi



QIN DYNASTY

The likely “origin” of China

Existed during the Warring States Period andcame to power as a dynasty by unifying China

under its first emperor, Shi Huangdi. The Qin is the start of the Imperial Period,

which ended fairly recently, in 1912.



HAN DYNASTY

Founded by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) whomoderated excesses of the Qin.

He maintained the centralized government and

started an enduring bureaucracy based onintellect rather than aristocratic birth.

DIVIDED INTO 2 PERIODS:

Western Han Dynasty 206 BC-AD 8/9 Eastern Han Dynasty 25-220 AD



HAN DYNASTY

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ChangXingongdeng.jpg



SUI DYNASTY

Was a short-lived dynaty from 581-681 AD thathad its capital at Daxing, which is now Xi’an.



TANG DYNASTY

Golden age that lasted from 618-907 AD andis considered the high point in Chinesecivilization.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tang_horse.jpg



SONG DYNASTY

The remaining dynasty of the imperial period – leading to the modern era.

EMPEROR

TAIZU

LANDSCAPE

PAINTINGS



YUAN DYNASTY

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YUAN DYNASTY

Capitals: Xanadu and Khanbaliq The Jurchen-founded Jin Dynasty was defeated

by the Mongols, who then proceeded to defeat theSouthern Song in a long and bloody war, the first

war in which firearms played an important role.During the era after the war, later called the Pax Mongolica , adventurous Westerners suchasMarco Polo travelled all the way to China andbrought the first reports of its wonders to Europe.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols were dividedbetween those who wanted to remain based in thesteppes and those who wished to adopt thecustoms of the Chinese.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanadu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khanbaliq

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurchen_people

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_Dynasty,_1115%E2%80%931234

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongols

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Mongolica


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo







http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongols

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_Dynasty,_1115%E2%80%931234


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khanbaliq

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanadu



Ming Dynasty (AD 1368 –1644)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hongwu1.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Court_Ladies_of_the_Former_Shu_by_Tang_Yin.jpg



MING DYNASTY

Throughout the Yuan Dynasty, which lastedless than a century, there was relativelystrong sentiment among the populaceagainst the Mongol rule. The frequent natural

disasters since the 1340s finally led topeasant revolts. The Yuan Dynasty waseventually overthrown by the MingDynasty in 1368.

Urbanization increased as the populationgrew and as the division of labor grew morecomplex. Large urban centers, suchas Nanjing andBeijing, also contributed to the

growth of private industry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_Dynasty


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing





Qing Dynasty (AD 1644 –1911)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Reception.JPG



QING DYNASTY

The Qing Dynasty (1644 –1911) was the last imperial dynasty inChina and was the second non-Han dynasty founded bythe Manchus. The Manchus were formerly known asthe Jurchen residing in the northeastern part of the Mingterritory outside the Great Wall. They emerged as the majorthreat to the late Ming Dynasty after Nurhaci united all Jurchentribes and established an independent state. However,the Ming Dynasty would be overthrown by Li Zicheng's peasantrebel, with Beijing captured in 1644 and the last MingEmperor Chongzhen committed suicide. The Manchu thenallied with Ming Dynasty general Wu Sangui and seizedBeijing,which became the new capital of the Qing dynasty, andproceeded to subdue the remaining Ming's resistance in thesouth. The decades of Manchu conquest caused enormousloss of lives and the economic scale of China shrank drastically.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_Dynasty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Chinese

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchus


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurhaci


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Zicheng

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongzhen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Sangui


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ming_Dynasty


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_toll


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_china

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_china








http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongzhen




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurhaci

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Chinese

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_Dynasty



QING DYNASTY

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SUN YAT SEN, founder and first

president of the Republic of China.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sunyatsen1.jpg




Successive dynasties in Chinese history developedbureaucratic systems that enabled the Emperor ofChina to directly control vast territories.

The conventional view of Chinese history is that ofalternating periods of political unity and disunity, withChina occasionally being dominated by Inner Asianpeople, most of whom were in turn assimilated intothe Han Chinese population.

Cultural and political influences from many parts ofAsia, carried by successive waves of immigration,expansion, and cultural assimilation, are part of themodern culture of China.



1949 to Present

Capital of People's Republic of China: Beijing

With the CPC's victory, and the founding ofthe People's Republic of China on October 1,1949, Taiwan was again politically separated frommainland China, and continues to be governed bythe Republic of China to the present day. Nopeace treaty has ever been signed between thetwo opposing parties. For the history of the

People's Republic of China since 1949,see History of the People's Republic of China. Forthe history of the Republic of China since 1949,see Republic of China on Taiwan (1949-present).


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Republic_of_China

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Republic_of_China




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Republic_of_China




PAST AND PRESENT CHINA



ANCIENT CHINA

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