History Assignment

Geography
1. Different Environments
  1. Dessert
  2. Grassland
  3. High mountain ranges
  4. Great River Valleys
  5. Sub tropical-forests
2. Surrounding Seas
  1. Yellow Sea
  2. East China Sea
  3. South China Sea
3. Isolating Geography
  1. Himalayas=West
  2. Gobi Dessert=North
  3. Pacific Ocean=South East
4. Major Rivers
  1. Yellow River
    1. ''Cradle of Chinese Civilisation''
      1. Birth place of ancient China
        Provides:
        Fresh water, fertile soil, trade, transport, food-fish, hunting area
  2. Yangtze River
5. Asia
Society
1. Social Hierachy
  1. Wealth Hierachy
    1. 1. Emperor, Imperial Family
      1. 2. Scholars, Officials, Eunuchs
        3. Merchants
        4. Artisans/Craftmen
        5. Farmers,Peasants
    2. Respect Hierarchy
      1. 1. Emperor, Imperial Family
        2.Scholars, Eunuchs, Officials
        3.Peasants, Farmers
        4. Artisans/Craftmen
        5. Merchants
        Business Men
        Provided food for society
        Academics, government people, Eunuchs= emperor's closest advisor
        Emperor= head of state, leader of military, Chief Judge and law maker, Moral and ethical guide
        Most important, powerful, wealthy and respected
      2. Soldiers excluded from ranking
        Not highly valued by scholars
    3. Respect determined by effort made to support society
  2. Shi
    1. Nong
      1. Gong
        Shang
        Nubi
        Slaves
        Merchants
        Craftsmen, artisans
      2. Farmers, peasants
    2. Scholars
2. Women
  1. Little power, respect
    1. Treated worse in rich families
      1. Slaves, entertainment for men
    2. Treated better in peasant families
      1. Important for survival of family
      2. Still lower than men
    3. Arranged marriages, security only through sons, fight for respect of husband/family, bind feet in rich families
Religious Beliefs
1. Three major belief systems
  1. Confucianism
    1. Evolved from Confucius teachings
    2. Philosophy not religion-code of behaviours
    3. Respect for family, hard work and education
      1. respectful, moral, fair, obedient, courteous, self-disiplined
  2. Daoism
    1. Laozi (600-531BC)
    2. Yin (female), yang (male)
    3. Keeping life simple, balanced, mediating, exercise
  3. Buddhism
    1. Founded by Indian Prince
    2. Live lives to reach Nirvana
    3. Teachings came to China=first century AD
2. Gods and Goddesses, controlled world around them
3. Astrology
  1. Creation Myth
  2. Movement of stars and planets
    1. To predict destines and events
4. Ancestor Worship
  1. Contact Gods/Goddesses through spirits of ancestors
    1. If person died after an happy, fullfilled life
      1. Come back as happy spirit
  2. Two parts of Humans: Po= physical body hun=spirit
  3. Oracle Bones
    1. Used to contact spirits, ask questions about future
  4. If person died painful and sudden death
    1. Come back as ghost, haunt family
      1. Angry Ghost
      2. Why: spirit=no time to adjust
  5. If person died
  6. Belief in spiritual world-ghosts, spirits
Government and Law
1. Rule by Emperor
  1. Most important, powerful, wealthy and respected
  2. Head of state
  3. Leader of military
  4. Chief judge
  5. Law maker
  6. Moral guide
  7. Ethical guide
2. Legalism
  1. Indroduced in 250BC
  2. Believed humans were weak and selfish by nature
    1. Leading to Strict Laws + harsh punishments
      1. Punishments: Lashings, mutilation, exile, made a slave, death
3. Dynasties
  1. Period of time
    1. Where one family rules
Legacies
1. Terracotta Warriors
  1. 8000 CLAY WARRIORS
    1. Buried in three pits
    2. First Emperors'-Qin Shi Huang Di Tomb
      1. Serve, protect Emperor in afterlife
        Represent human sacrifice
        (Time of low population) - Population too small to perform human sacrifices
    3. Began construction= 221BC
      1. 11 years to complete
        Found in 1974
        By farmers near Xi'an
  2. Provides tourism for China
    1. Supports Econmy
2. Confucianism
  1. Evolved from Confucius' teachings
    1. One of 3 major belief systems
      1. In ancient China + China
      2. Code of behaviour, not religion
        Ancient China's state philsophy
        Still practice today around world
        respectful, moral, fair, obedient, courteous, self-disiplined
    2. Confucius-551-479BC
3. China's Great Wall
  1. Provides tourism
  2. Supports Econmy
More Legacies
1. Magnetic Compass
2. Gun powder
3. Paper printing
4. Seismograph
5. Rudder
6. Mechanical Clocks
7. Acupunture
8. Matches
9. Kite
10. Wheelbarrow

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