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14 Cards in this Set
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Xia Dynasty (Mythological Dynasty)
Dates Famous Leaders & Places |
2000 - 1500 BC
#1 - Shun: Longest Ruling, gave Yu power #2 - Yu the Great: stopped floodings #3 - Jie: the last emporer |
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Xia Dynasty
Major Contributions |
* Dams - Stopped flooding
* Paper * 3 sovereigns (gods) - Yu the Great & Shun were 2 great rulers |
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Xia Dynasty
Takeover (How?) |
* Jie was a bad leader so people overthrew him
* Tang took over, the leader of the Shang people |
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Shang
Dates Famous Leaders & Places |
1700 - 1027 BC
* Shang Ti - sacrifice worship |
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Shang
Major Contributions |
Bronze casting
Invented writing Stamped earth First Chinese calendar |
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Shang
Takeover (How?) |
Zhou slaves took over in battle
(used to be slaves) (were sacrificed) |
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Shang
Other Notes |
* Did brother to brother tradition
* First "true dynasty" * Had 30 emperors * Had 7 different capitols * Also worshipped ancestors |
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Western Zhou
Dates Famous Leaders & Places |
1027 - 771 BC
Lords - high ranked people Vassals - slaves Xian - forbidden city |
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Western Zhou
Major Contributions |
Mandate of Heaven (see sheet)
Feudal Government Cities were split in half Started Great Wall |
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Western Zhou
Takeover (How?) |
Barbarians forced them East
Barbarians were very strong |
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Eastern Zhou
(Spring & Autumn Period) (Warring States Period) Dates Famous Leaders & Places |
770 - 221 BC
Ping Wang - last emporer Confuscius - a famous philosopher |
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Eastern Zhou
Major Contributions |
Built more of the great wall
Philosophies - Legalism, Taoism, Confusianism Iron (farming tools) Population went up First real money First dynasty to write down laws |
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Eastern Zhou
Takeover (How?) |
Qin took over because of weakened royal line
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Eastern Zhou
Other notes |
Classical Age
Documented Shang People |
