history yearly exam Flashcards
how long did dynasties ruled for?
1300 years
dynasties are
families whose members control the government
the main chronology or ancient china (xylophhones sound zappy, wacky, quirkcy and happy)
the xia, the shang, the zhou,warring states, the qin, the han
what did rulers do in ancient china
taxed people, they used soldiers to enforce their will, created efficiant organisation
what are the shi
the shi are wealthy, landowners, scholars, poetrs and philosphers
what are the nong
the nong are peasent farmers and their families
what are the gong
the gong are craftspeople and skilled people
what are the shang
merchants, traders and money lenders
social heriarchy of ancient china: (sally never goes surfing on sundays)
the top is the shi, then the nong, then the gong, then the shang and finally the slaves
the three main religons in china
buddhism, christianity, taoism
do all three religons belive in an afterlife?
no, only taoism and christianity do unlike buddhism
one fact for buddhism
started during thre han period, one of the biggest in the world
one fact on taoism
they were big on harmoney with nature
one fact on christianity
it started in the tang dynasty and the silkroad made it popular
what was the peaents life in ancient china
revolved around farming, did not own land during shang and zhou, in the han dynasty some owned small land, they would have to give 30% to landowner, gave 20% away to empire
funery customs in ancient china:
belief in afterlife not really anything else
facts about the silk road:(cacti)
it wasnt a road, it was a overland route, diseases spread across the silk road, traders from other lands used it to sell styff, introduction of buddhism started on the silk road, used for communication, allies, culture, trade, ideas( cacti)
the four great inventions:
printing, gunpowder, paper, the compass
acupunture:
long needle that goes in your body
tar chi:
a sort of material art
how did the zhou take over
they claimed that the mandate of heaven after war
a fact about the xia
they ruled to up to 400 year with at least 17 emperors
a fact about the shang
they were big on hunting animals
a fact about the zhou
it was the longest lasting dynasty in the whole of ancient china
qin shi hang di facts:
he was the first emperor of unified china, he ruled china from 221bc to 210 bc
what were the warring states
basically the different kingdoms
a fact about the qin
qin shi hngdi was their ruler and he started building the great wall of china
a fact about the han
they invented one of the five great inventions of china, they made paper
how did the months for peasent farmers go
spring-plough
summer-care for crops
autumn-harvest
winter-repair tools ( downtime )
Confucius
Confucius is known as the first teacher in China who wanted to make education more available, he had many waays of teaching
confucious main teachings:
kindness, goodness, honesty, modesty, wisdom and trustworthiness. His main rule was “do not do what other wouldnt do to you”
what was confucious book called
the anelects
guazo facts
he became the first leader of the han dynasty
han wudi facts
he continued to rule the han dynasty and was very sexist
