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Neolithic people who first civilized the Yellow River
Hsia (2200-1766BC)
The "Bronze Age"
Shang (1766-1040BC)
animal bones or turtle shells used to communicate with ancestors
Oracle Bone
First and longest of the Chinese Dynasties
Chou/Zhou (1100-220BC)
succession of rulers of the same line of descent
Dynasty
rises and fall of dynasties
Dynastic Cycle
society based on rank and order with little room for change
Rigid Hierarchy
philosophy emphasizing social stability and order and good governments
Confucianism
Chinese scholar
Confucius (551-479BC)
collected sayings of Confucius
Analects
duties & responsibilities depending on social position, correct behavior = order & stability
Five Relationships
1)Highest form of loyalty
Father to Son
respect for parents
Filial Piety
ancestors interactive in present world
Ancestral Veneration
2)Elders superior to youth
Elder Brother to Younger Brother
3)Men superior to women. Ensure stability of family, promote harmony in home
Husband to Wife
4)Ruler to Subject
Ruler to Subject
physically show of inferiority to rulers
Kowtow
barred from civilians
Forbidden City
5)The only equal relationship
Friend to Friend
religion emphasizing living in harmony with nature
Taoism (Daoism)
Founder of Tao (The Way)
Laozi (600-470BC)
flow of the universe, or the force behind the natural order
Tao
the outward living practice of Tao, by droppin your sense of ego your inner and outer strength greatens beyond humanly foreseeable limits
Te
without action
Wu wei
uncarved block
P'u
United all of China under single power
Chi'in/Qin (221-206BC)
China's first Emperor
Qin Shihuangti
KMT forces killed more then 12000 suspected communists and forced many communists into rural china.
1927 Shanghai incident
announced by Mao in jiangxi and claims over 3 million supporters
Chinese Soviet Republic:(1931)
300,000 communist troops loyal to Mao.
Red Army:
civil war resumes between the communists and the KMT
Chinese civil war: (1946-1949)
Efforts to seek and kill the KMT
Purges: (red terror)
Encouraged self-criticism of the communist party
Hundreds of flowers campaign: (1956-1957)
Mao is elevated to greatest leader, scholar, and scientist, essentially replaces confusions in Chinese’s culture
Cult of Mao:
a collection of quotations from Mao past speeches and publications.
Quotations from Mao:
this plan attempted to tackle Heavy industry with major reform in steel, coal, and iron production
First 5 year plan:
attempt to rapidly industrialize and collectivize China and attain equality with Great Brittan.
Great Leap forward:
Collectivization of all farms and abolishes all private land ownership
Agriculture:
employ 80% of population (peasants) to industrialize.
Industry:
Mao encouraged small backyard furnaces in every commune and each urban neighborhood
Backyard Furnaces:
(206 BC-220AD) conquering new lands and opening trade
Han
trade route between China and the Roman Empire, 4000 miles long
Silk Road
picture or character representing an idea or thing
Ideogram
practice of inserting needles into specific points in the body to cure diseases or to ease pain
Acupuncture
The oldest and longest man-made canal in China, and it is believed to be the longest in the world roughly 1,114 miles
The Grand Canal
(618-907 AD / 960-1279 AD) The golden Age of China, China unified and time of prosperity.
Tang and Song
(1279-1360 AD) Largest empire in human history. Poland to Siberia - East to West Siberia/Moscow to Arabian Peninsula/ Vietnam - North to South
Yuan-Mongol
(1162 - Aug 18, 1227)Emperor of the Mongol Empire United the Mongol Tribes and founded the Mongol Empire
Genghis Khan
(1215-1294) Grandson of Genghis Khan founded the Chinese style Yuan Dynasty
Kublai Khan
Venician traded who was one of the first Westerners to travel the Silk Toad to China
Marco Polo
(1368-1644) rulers sought to restore China to previous glory reviving classical scholarship, literature and arts and the examination system
Ming
The capital was moved, where the empire built his residence
Peking
within the rebuilt capital, canned from civilians
Forbidden City
(1644-1911 AD) Last of the Great Dynasties of China
Qing - Manchu
Three year old Emperor forced to abdicate
Puyi