Ancient+China

=Ancient China- 1750 - 221 BC= =Nathan Cookman and Matt Davis= General information on Ancient China from the British Museum Basics of Ancient China The Great Wall of China Dynasties of Ancient China Family life in Ancient China

==The Haung He was known as the yellow river and the river of sorrows. This is because it has taken so many lives. The water levels rise so rapidly when it rains there is no warning and people get caught in the waters path. It streches across China for more than 2900 miles carrying its rich silt all the way from Mongolia to the Pacific Ocean. The Yangtze River was the 2nd major river in China. "China is a sea which salts all rivers that run into it"== ==Oracle bones were very important to the chinese of telling fortunes. First they would go find a bone, then they would inscribe a some important kind of information and would store it somplace safe so that no one would steel it or get it or anything. 10 percent of china can be farmed. Compared to 19 percent in the United States. The Zhou Dynasty lasted for almost Eight Hundred years, making it the longest -lasting dynasty in Chinese history.== ==The Art of War is one of the best war strategist books ever writen. it was writen by Sun Tzu. There are all kind of strategies in this book. Even sports teams use some of its secrets. Many succesful armies have read this book and have exicuted some of the secrets in it. Confucius was known to the Chinese as the First Teacher. He was born 551 B.C. Confuciouses ideas is known as Confucianism.==

1. Loess- fine yellow soil from the Huang He river. 2.Barbarians- foreiners who couldnt speak Chinese. 3.Oracle Bones- tell fortunes or record history 4.Mandate of Heaven- powere to rule comes from gods 5.Book of Odes- Myths and legands and love poems.
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Yu the Great was the hero king who tamed the yelow river Empress Si Lingi who was the goddess of silk Wu ding was the greatest shang king Fu hao was wu dings wife and the greatest shang general. wu wang was the martial king and defeated shang king. media type="custom" key="11490068" media type="youtube" key="r-__Vzf5Rjc" width="425" height="350"
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Timeline


 * 1) 563 BC-Siddhartha Gautama, founder of Buddhism, is born.
 * 2) 551 BC-Confucius was born.
 * 3) 479 BC-Confucius died.
 * 4) 221 BC-Qin Shihuangdi found a new dynasty and he was emperor.
 * 5) 210 BC-Qin Shihuangdi died.
 * 6) 206 BC-Qin dynasty was overthrown.
 * 7) 202 BC-Han Dynasty emerged.
 * 8) 202 BC-Han Dynasty brings peace and prosperity to China.
 * 9) 87 BC-Han Wudi Died.
 * 10) AD 170 Han Dynasty collapsed.

Confucius- "Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."