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China Nicole,Camila,Amanda,Melissa
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Nicole Calero
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Events
Invention of paper
Buddhism spreads throughout China
Invention of a compass called the fish
The Mongols Kublai Khan conquers China and builds Beijing
Printing of the world's first paper money
Periods
Shang Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
Qin Dynasty
Han Dynasty
Sui Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
Song Dynasty
Yuan Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
Qing Dynasty
Republic of China
People's Republic of China
5 Dynasties and 10 Kingdoms
Taiping Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion
Opium Wars
Considered the Golden Age of China
Era of Warring States
Interesting 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
