CHINESE DYNASTIES

SHANG

• Ruled for 600 hundred years
• Worked with bronze and made tools and wheels
• The oldesr Chinese writings come fron the Shang
• The people carved words in animal shellls

ZHOU

• Lasted for 900 years
• Near its end the rulers got weak
• They could not keep control of there land
• Wars broke out

QIN

• Lasted for fifteen years
• Orher leaders had bulit walls to keep their area safe
• Qin set standard weights and measures
• When he died the red clay troops stood guard over him

HAN

• Lasted more than 400 years
• The han built a trade route
• Then the han rule ended
• And wars broke out

MING

• This dynasty built tons of ships
• It had a big navy
• Common people could not go in the forbidden town
• More than 250 years