1. By: Ms. Ahmed with contributions by
Susan M. Pojer

2. Shang Dynasty
Geography and Cities

3. Shang Dynasty

4. Shang Dynasty

5. Regents Question
In China, the development of
ethnocentrism was most influenced by
2. its historic reliance on foreign nations
3. a long history of democratic
government
4. a strong belief in Christianity
5. its geographic isolation

6. Shang Dynasty

7. Zhou Dynasty

8. Zhou Dynasty

9. Zhou Dynasty
Contributions:
S
I
L
K
“Time of Warring States”

10. Qin Dynasty
VICTORY DOUBLED CHINA’S SIZE!
UNIFIED COUNTRY
Shi Huangdi

11. Qin Dynasty
GREAT WALL OF CHINA
Peasants died while building –
Forced to work with no wage

12. Liu Bang Han Dynasty
HAN
WUDI

13. Han Dynasty
Civil
Service
Exams
Came to study
Confucius’ ideas
(and to get a job in
turn)

14. Han Dynasty
CONFUCIANISM
“Respect, generosity,
truthfulness, diligence
(hard work), and kindness”

15. Han Dynasty
Technology, science, and the arts
Increased production of
books = Advanced education

16. Han Dynasty
Technology, science, and the arts
POPULATION: 60 MILLION

17. Han Dynasty
Manufacturing and Commerce important!
Monopoly
Silk
Salt mining

18. Han Dynasty
Silk Road
ASSIMILATION!
~Farmers settle in new areas ~Intermarriage
Women still led quiet lives - Confucius

19. Han Dynasty
The Decline
Gap between the rich and poor increases
Political instability increases
Wang Mang comes to power
Great Flood (wealthy landowners upset) –
Based on Dynastic Cycle, new dynasty
needed!
Leads to the Later Han Years

20. Before the Tang and Song Dynasties
Han Dynasty divided, but Sui Wendi unites the region
GRAND CANAL

21. Tang Dynasty
Tang Taizong
Empress Wu Zhao –
first and only woman
to rule directly!
TRADE REVIVED!

22. Question:
What was the attitude of the Tang emperors toward the
Confucian scholar-gentry?
2. Confucianism continued to wane during the Tang dynasty
and was only resuscitated under the Song.
3. The Tang supported the resuscitation of the Confucian
scholar-gentry, often at the expense of the aristocracy.
4. The Tang continued to support and patronize the growth of
Buddhism in China at the expense of the Confucian
scholar-gentry.
5. The Tang feared the development of the scholar-gentry
and continued to support the nomadic aristocracy of China.

23. Song Dynasty
Japan and China – Cultural Diffusion
PAGODA

24. Regents Question
To ensure that government officials were
honest and well educated, Tang
emperors relied on a civil service exam
based on
2. Confucian values
3. The Twelve Tables
4. The principles of Legalism
5. The Hippocratic Oath

25. Song Dynasty
Lasts about three centuries

26. At the end of the Tang and
Song Dynasties
Movable Type Gunpowder
~Bombs/Grenades/Small
Rockets/Cannons
~Porcelain
~Mechanical Clock
~Paper money
~Magnetic compass for sailing

27. Question:
What made possible the rapid revival of the empire
under the Tang?
1. the abandonment of Confucianism in favor of the
more widely practiced Buddhism
2.the willingness of the Tang to abandon traditional
approaches to government
3. the preservation in the many kingdoms of the
Confucian traditions that had been central to
Chinese civilization
4. the brevity of the period of political dislocation

28. At the end of the Tang and Song
Dynasties Foot Binding

29. The Mongols

30. The Mongols
Term for a large group of Mongolic and Turkic
tribes united under the rule of Genghis Khan

31. The Mongols
From Temujin to Genghis Khan
“World Emperor”

32. The Mongols
Mongol Invasion of Russia

33. Regents Question:
The Mongols played a significant role in
Russian history by
2. supporting Czar Nicholas II during the
Russian Revolution
3. supporting the rule of Ivan the Terrible
4. ending the reign of Catherine the Great
5. isolating Russia from Western Europe
during the early Renaissance

34. Yuan Dynasty

35. Yuan Dynasty
The Golden Horde

36. Yuan Dynasty

37. Yuan Dynasty
SILK ROAD
“…an exchange of goods and ideas between
East and West”

38. Yuan Dynasty
Kublai Khan

39. Yuan Dynasty
Marco Polo

40. DAY 4

41. Ming Dynasty

42. Ming Dynasty
Seven Voyages
•
Comparison of Zheng
He’s ship to Columbus’
Santa Maria

43. Qing Dynasty

44. Qing Dynasty
OPIUM WAR

45. Qing Dynasty
Treaty of Nanjing

46. Qing Dynasty
Spheres of Influence

47. Qing Dynasty
United States Declares Open Door Policy
Policy proposed that
China’s “doors” be open
to merchants of all
nations

48. Qing Dynasty
Spheres of Influence

49. Qing Dynasty
Taiping Rebellion
~Peasants upset that foreigners were treated differently
(they were given special privileges)
~Resented Chinese Christians

50. Qing Dynasty
100 Days of Reform BOXER REBELLION!
Dowager Emperess Cixi

51. Kuomintang (Nationalist Party)
Sun Yixian (Yat-Sen): 1866-1925

52. Chinese Communist Revolution
The Long March

53. The Great Leap Forward

54. Cultural Revolution and the
Little Red Book

55. Four Modernizations

56. Human Rights Violations
~Tiananmen Square
~Tibet
~Falun Gong