Ancient China

4,000 mile long trade network that extends from China to Rome

• Silk Road

• Yellow River

• Bartering

• Cultural Diffusion

according to legend, this man began the Xia Dynasty

• Yu the Great

• You the Great

• You are Great!

• Laozi

began in 481 BCE; a marked period of chaos and disorder in China; lasted 250 years

• Warring States Period

• Intermediate Period

• Fighting States Period

built for defensive purposes; to keep out invaders

• Great Wall of China

• Pyramids of Giza

• Ziggurates

• Canals

conquered all of the warring states and united China into one empire

• Qin Shi Huangdi

• Yu the Great

• Hammurabi

• Gilgamesh

a device that measures earthquakes

• seismograph

• barometer

• thermometer

extremely large mountain range in southwestern China

• Himalayas

• Appalachian

• Hindu Kush

founder of Daoism

• Laozi

• Confucius

• Yu the Great

• Qin Shi Huangdi

included Wudi; the Silk Road was opened and greatly expanded trade; many great accomplishments and inventions

• Han Dynasty

• Shang Dynasty

• Zhou Dynasty

• Qin Dynasty

invented Chinese writing; first to make bronze in China; created a calendar based on the moon

• Shang Dynasty

• Han Dynasty

• Zhou Dynasty

• Qin Dynasty