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The Chinese Dynasties

Published on Dec 07, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SHANG DYNASTY

  • Shang dynasty held power from 1600 to 1046 b.c.
  • People used bronze to make tools and weapons.
  • Oldest Chinese writings come from this time.
  • People carved words on animal shells and bones.
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ZHOU

  • The Zhou dynasty ran for 900 years
  • They kept documents of what happened on daily basis
  • Many small states broke away from the dynasty
  • Because of this armies of states fought in a bloddy civil war.
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QIN DYNASTY

  • Lasted 15 years
  • The emperor ended a bloody war that broke out during his reign
  • Qin took control of china after the war
  • Qin helped start the construction of the great wall of china
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HAN DYNASTY

  • The han dynasty lasted 400 years
  • During the han dynasty they had a population of 60 million
  • After han died barbarians took control of china
  • During his time the silk road was link from china to europe to trade
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MING DYNASTY

  • Zhu yuanzhang led a revolt
  • He later became first emperor of ming dynasty
  • It took 10 years to erect china during the ming dynasty
  • During the ming dynasty its country was surrounded by a giant wall