Ancient+China

Ancient China 3000 B.C. - A.D. 500 (JJ Sandoval & Ashley Bixby) media type="custom" key="11416942"

media type="custom" key="12052233" 5 People- 1. **__Confucious__**: was born in 551 B.C. and lived during the Zhou dynasty, the government was based on his teachings. Was known to the Chinese as the First Teacher. 2. __**Wu Ding**__: was the king of the Shang Dynasty in ancient China. He was the greatest Shang King and had several wives. 3. **__Fu Hao:__** was one of Wu Ding's many wives, and, unusually for that time, also served as a Shang general and high priestess. 4. __**Shang Di**____**:**__ known as the "Supreme Emperor". He controlled victory in battle, the harvest, the fate of the kingdom, and the weather. 5. __**Wu Wang:**__ was a Martial King and he accomplished his father's dying wish which was to defeat the Shang Dynasty. After his victory he died 3 years later. media type="custom" key="12053053"

5 Terms-  **__Filial Piety__**: the duty of member of the family to subordinate their needs and their desires to those of the male head of the family. **__Quingming__**: means "clear and bright", it is a major festival where people visited their family graves, usually located on hillsides outside their villages. **__Aristocracy__**: an upper class whose wealth is based on land and whose power is passed on from one generation to another. __**Censorate**__: it had inspectors who checked on government officials to make sure they were doing their jobs. This became standard procedure for future Chinese dynasties. __**Regime**__: means the "government in power", those citizens who opposed the policies of the new regime were severally punished or executed. __5 Links__
 * [|History of China]- This link is about the historical events from China.
 * [|Ancient Chinese History]- This link is about the geographical features of China.
 * [|Ancient China]- This link is about the enviroment of Ancient China and how the people of ancient china adapted to it
 * [|World of Ancient China]- This link is all about the society of ancient China
 * [|Facts of Ancient China]- This link is all bout interesting facts on Ancient China



There were many historical and interesting events that happened in Ancient China. The people changed the ways of life today through their ancient rituals and lifestyles.

Confucius was a chinese philosopher who changed many peoples beliefs and forced people to believe in his rules and teachings. He lived during the Zhou dynasty and his teachings set many of the foundations in the government. Wu Wang was a martial king who was a great leader in Ancient Chinese history. One of the very interesting ways of speaking to the gods was through the process of using oracle bones. They would look at the scratches on the bones and use those as good or bad signs from the gods.

All in all the people of Ancient China had very strong feelings in what they believed in. They used very unique systems to get things they wanted.



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