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Confucius |
he's Chinas greatest teacher,his teaching lay a basic idea, He lived at the end of the Zhou dynasty |
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Zhous leader? |
Zhou had lost much power, Needed hellp running China's vast lands |
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Confucious the teacher |
His family belonged to the nobility; still they were very poor, Con. was an orphan, Became one of the greatest Chinese of his time |
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Qin Shihuagdi |
Believed that rich or poor could own land as long as he paid the land tax |
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Qin dynasty |
lasted 15 years, they were Legalists,believed in reward and punishment, Great rulers; still needed help |
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Qin Many Systems |
worker gets a salary;follows strict rules; answers to a superior |
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Qin's book burning |
all books were usless in his mind except for books about medicind,agriculture, or prophecy |
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Death for books? |
government attackted writers and readers as well as their books,Hundreds of scholars who criticized were buried alive or punished in other ways |
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The Huang He |
"China's sorrow" HH has destroyed property and taken the lives of thousands of people |
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The Chang Jiang |
Farmers used CJ's watersto send their crops easily and cheaply to Pacific ports |
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The Moutain ranges |
mountain ranges made travel and communication more difficult |
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feudalism |
Under a feudal system, nobles own the farmland,which is worked by peasants |
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The teachings of Confucius |
Con. thought that there are 5 basic relationships,Family is the most important unit, Children should always be respectful to their parents |
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Confucius' thoughts |
government should be based on virtue or goodness, you should earn jobs through education and talent |
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diffrences between Legalism, Moist, Doaist, Confuciunism |
Moists- universal love, equal love for all people Legalism- peoplewere bad by nature, strict laws and punishment Doaists- best workers work quietly Confucianism-belief in moralbehavior & rule by good example |
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The Great Walls purpose |
to keep out enemy invadors |
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Han & Qin accomplishmens |
Han:scientific,art and cultural diffrences, creativity at home, expansion abroad, expanded borders, started colonies, discovered the"Silk road" Qin: constructed the Great wall of China,the book burnings, gained immortality, reached new standerds |
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Ancestor worship |
Chinese bieleved that their ancestors controlled every momnt of their lives, The dads were head of the house hold, kings made offerings to ancestors at religious ceremonies |
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writing bridge barriers |
writing helped unify china. Also writing helped the growth of china's unique culture |
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shang and zhou accomplishments |
shang: walled cities, bronze, social classes, cowerie shells (used as money), and oracle bones (oracle a prediction of the future) zhou: feudalism and wider writing use |
