History-Chpt 3 (China Civilisation)

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-Origins -
The Yangshao and Longshan villages

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Yangshao(3000BCE)
People hunted, reared animals and farmed

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-Origins -
The Yangshao and Longshan villages

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Longshan(2200BCE)
1.People reared animals and farmed
2.Live in walled communities
3.Made pottery from potter's wheel

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Yangshao

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1.5000BCE-3000BCE
2.Central Yellow river
3.cultivated mainly millet
4.Domesticated dogs and pigs

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Longshan

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1.3000BCE-2000BCE
2.Central/lower Yellow River
3.cultivated millet
4.reared animals
5.More advanced than the Yangshao village

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Shang Civilisation

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1.Emerged in 1523BCE(ended in 1028BCE)
2.First dynasty to have written evidence

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Origin of the Shang civilisation

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Begin when Tan'g, a man of great virture and wisdom, overthrew the decacent emperor Jie, the last of the Xia dynasty

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Government of the Shang Civilisation

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Ruled by kings, believed that the ancestors of the kings were able to communicate with Di(Among the dead) and the ancestors.
Nepotism=Fathers pass their thrones to their sons

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Variety of occupants of the Shang Civilisation

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1.Merchants
2.Cartsmen
3.Priests
4.Farmers

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Writing of the Shang civilisation

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-PIctograms
-found on oracle bones
-over 3000 characters
-the basis of modern chinese scripts

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End of Shang Dynasty

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Last Shang King, Zhou, was killed in 1100BCE

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The Zhou dynasty

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The Zhou dynasty
1.Western Zhou(1027-771BCE)
2.Eastern Zhou(771-221BCE)

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The Qin dynasty

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At the end of the Period of the Warring States, Qin managed to unify China(221-206BCE)