Ancient China- Dynasties And Culture Flashcards
Who was thought to have founded the Xia Dynasty?
Yu the Great.
How long did the Xia Dynasty last?
Approximately 500 years.
The people rose up in rebellion under the leadership of who?
Under the leadership of Tang, founder of the Shang Dynasty.
What was the Shang Dynasty?
The start of the recorded history in China
Walled cities for the high ranking officials
What type of metal was commonly used in the Shang Dynasty?
Bronze (Copper and Tin)
What was used as money in economic exchange?
Cowrie Shells
What was the beginning of the writing system?
Oracle Bones (Dragon Bones)
Who mainly used Oracle Bones? How?
Principal Instrument used by fortune tellers
Used the cracks that developed to interpret answer to the question.
Deeply woven into their religious beliefs is the worship of what?
Our Ancestors
What did we believe in the spirits of our ancestors? And what did we do to expect good outcomes?
Believed that they watched over us and controlled the outcomes of our lives.
Prayers and food offerings were regularly given to the ancestors to ensure good outcomes.
What was the earliest form of writing in Ancient China?
Pictograph found on Oracle Bones
Each word is a picture called characters.
What did the Chinese pictograph not include?
An Alphabetic or phonetic component.
What was the new form technology that was created?
Bookbinding- Where Chinese artisans learned how to bind together long, thin, strips of wood or bamboo to make books
Which family overthrew the Shang Dynasty?
Zhou Dynasty (Family)
“Mandate of Heaven”
When god justifies overthrowing the government is called…
Mandate of Heaven
(Would only support good kings)
