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Emperor comes to power and gains the Mandate of Heaven.\u003Cbr>2. Upward rise (wealth and population increase) to peak.\u003Cbr>3. Downward spiral (natural disasters, corruption, etc.) .\u003Cbr>4. Emperor loses the Mandate of Heaven.\u003Cbr>5. Civil war until a new emperor, with the Mandate of Heaven, comes to power.\u003Cbr>MANDATE OF HEAVEN – Described by philosopher Mencius 􀁼 Belief that the emperor was chosen by heaven to rule. | |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\n\n| XIA (A. K.A. HSIA) DYNASTY\u003Cbr>(CA. 2070-CA. 1600 BCE)\u003Cbr>􀁼 China’s first dynasty\u003Cbr>􀁼 Founded by Yu\u003Cbr>􀁼 Built roads and irrigation projects | |\n| --- | --- |\n\n\n| SHANG DYNASTY\u003Cbr>(CA. 1600-1046 BCE)\u003Cbr>􀁼 Writing began\u003Cbr>􀁼 Developed bronze, glazed pottery, and silk industries | |\n| --- | --- |\n\nSlide 7  \nSlide 8  \nSlide 9  \n\n| ZHOU (A. K.A. CHOU) DYNASTY\u003Cbr>(1045-256 BCE)\u003Cbr>􀁼 Invaded China from the northwest\u003Cbr>􀁼Set up a loose central government\u003Cbr>􀁼 Feudal power held by strong nobles\u003Cbr>􀁼 Philosophers\u003Cbr>􀁹 Confucius\u003Cbr>􀁹 Mencius (his follower) | |\n| --- | --- |\n\n\n| QIN (A. K.A. CHIN) DYNASTY\u003Cbr>(221-206 BCE)\u003Cbr>􀁼 Military dictatorship centralized China\u003Cbr>􀁼 Emperor Shih Huang Ti\u003Cbr>􀁹 Destroyed nobles’ feudal power\u003Cbr>􀁹 System of taxation\u003Cbr>􀁹 Established weights and measures\u003Cbr>􀁹 Great Wall (1500 miles) | |\n| --- | --- |\n\n\n| HAN DYNASTY\u003Cbr>(206-220 CE)\u003Cbr>􀁼 Conquerors\u003Cbr>􀁼 Empire – central Asia to China Sea, Indochina to Korea\u003Cbr>􀁼 Trade\u003Cbr>􀁹 Chinese fruits, silks, and spices in Rome (1st century CE)\u003Cbr>􀁹 Buddhism came from India\u003Cbr>􀁼 Civil service system\u003Cbr>􀁼 First paper made\u003Cbr>|  |\n| --- | --- |\n|  |  |\n\nSlide 10  \nSlide 11  \nSlide 12  \n\n| TANG DYNASTY\u003Cbr>(618-906 CE)\u003Cbr>􀁼 400 years of warfare between Han and Tang dynasties\u003Cbr>􀁼 Tang reunited China\u003Cbr>􀁼 T’ai Tsung\u003Cbr>􀁹 Emperor in 627 CE\u003Cbr>􀁹 Education and government reforms\u003Cbr>􀁼 Extended boundaries\u003Cbr>􀁼 Alliances and peace treaties with neighbors\u003Cbr>􀁼 Industry and trade\u003Cbr>􀁹 Jade porcelain, and silks to Arabia, India, Japan, and Persia | |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  |\n\n\n| SONG (A. K.A. SUNG) DYNASTY\u003Cbr>(960-1279)\u003Cbr>􀁼 Disorder between Tang and Sung dynasties\u003Cbr>􀁼 Culture superior to that of medieval Europe\u003Cbr>􀁼 Powerful only in southern China | |\n| --- | --- |\n\n\n| MONGOL RULE\u003Cbr>(1259-1368)\u003Cbr>􀁼 Central Asian nomads\u003Cbr>􀁼 Genghis Khan\u003Cbr>􀁹 Conquered Asia, including China\u003Cbr>􀁼 Kublai Khan\u003Cbr>􀁹 Grandson of Genghis\u003Cbr>􀁹 Visited by Marco Polo (Venetian)\u003Cbr>􀁼 Ruled for circa 100 years\u003Cbr>􀁹 Capital – Peking (Beijing)\u003Cbr>􀁼 Trade with Europe begun\u003Cbr>|  |\n| --- | --- |\n|  |  |\n\nSlide 13  \nSlide 14  \nSlide 15  \n| QING DYNASTY (MANCHU RULE)\u003Cbr>(1644-1912)\u003Cbr>􀁼 Manchurians conquered China, Indochina, Korea, Mongolia, Tibet, eastern Turkestan\u003Cbr>􀁼 China prospered\u003Cbr>􀁼Western pressure brought about Manchu overthrow in 1912\u003Cbr>􀁼 Ended with birth of Chinese Republic | |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |\n\n\n| PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 􀁼 Late Zhou (Chou) period (1100-256 BCE)\u003Cbr>􀁹 Suffering produced influential philosophers\u003Cbr>􀁼 Lao-Tse (6th century BCE)\u003Cbr>􀁹 Men should be left alone to work out their o","cbCaifuGMvuQWcY7","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifuGMvuQWcY7","pdf",197562,"English","# Geography of China\n## Ancient history\n# Dynasties and dynastic cycle\n## Mandate of Heaven\n# Major dynasties\n## Xia dynasty\n## Shang dynasty\n## Zhou dynasty\n## Qin dynasty\n## Han dynasty\n## Tang dynasty\n## Song dynasty\n## Mongol rule\n## Qing dynasty\n# Philosophy and religion\n## Late Zhou philosophers\n## Confucius\n# Culture\n# Science","[{\"question\":\"What is the dynastic cycle and how does the Mandate of Heaven work?\",\"answer\":\"A dynasty rises when an emperor gains the Mandate of Heaven, reaches a peak, then declines through disasters and corruption. 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