China Nicole,Camila,Amanda,Melissa
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Updated: 21 Feb 2018
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Created byNicole Calero
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Invention of paperBuddhism spreads
throughout ChinaInvention of a compass
called the fishThe Mongols Kublai
Khan conquers
China and builds
BeijingPrinting of the world's first paper moneyPeriods
Shang DynastyZhou DynastyQin DynastyHan DynastySui DynastyTang DynastySong DynastyYuan DynastyMing DynastyQing DynastyRepublic of ChinaPeople's Republic of China5 Dynasties and 10 KingdomsTaiping RebellionBoxer RebellionOpium WarsConsidered the Golden Age of ChinaEra of Warring StatesInteresting Facts
- Last king supposedly roasted and eat his competitors
- Had a calendar with 12 months and 365 days in total
- Created a written pictograph system (present writing system is based on the shang system)- Mandate of Heaven
- Longest dynasty in chinese history
Spring and autumn period (772-476)Spring and Autumn period- Gave China its name
- Ended Warring States Period
- Standardized coins, measurements, and scripts- Confucian Ideas first came into play
- Introduction of civil-service exam- Buddhism began to permeate Chinese life
- Constructed the Grand Canal
- Built the “Long wall” (which later became part of the Great Wall of China)- Bureaucracy grew so large that the empire’s wealth started to dry up
- Scholar gentry, educated government officials, were left in charge of military conquests
- Moved capital from Chang’an (Xian) to Kaifeng, because of threats from nomads
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