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Map showing the geography of China from cia.gov. (click map to see larger picture) Rivers. Perhaps the two most important geographical features of Ancient China were the two major rivers that flowed through central China: the Yellow River to the north and the Yangtze River to the south.
Geography of China. Ancient China for Kids. The early Chinese people knew there were other tribes of people to the north. But they did not know there were other ancient civilizations in other parts of the world. The Chinese were isolated by their many natural barriers.
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- The Xia Dynasty
- Shang Dynasty
- Chou/Zhou Dynasty
- Qin Dynasty
- Han Dynasty
- The Six Dynasties
- Sui Dynasty
- Tang Dynasty
- Five Dynasties
- Song Dynasty
King Yu was the founder of this dynasty. King Yu was the first king to be succeeded by his son instead of a man chosen for his credentials. Xia dynasty was the first to irrigate, produce cast bronze and a strong army. It used oracle bones and had a calendar. Xi Zhong who was the legendary minister of Xia dynasty, had invented a chariot during the 2...
Emperor Tang was the founder of this dynasty. During his rule, his subjects led a happy and peaceful life. A number of things associated with classical Chinese civilization were already evident in the Shang i.e. ancestor worship, an extremely high level of craftsmanship, written language with characters, not an alphabet; silk, jade and bronze.
Wu wang was the founder of Chou dynasty. This dynasty ruled for the longest period. The great philosophers also flourished during this period. They banned human sacrifice. This period was divided into Eastern Zhou and Western Zhou. The Eastern Zhou was further divided into Spring and Autumn periods and the Warring States period. Later both these pe...
Qin Shi Huang became the first emperor of unified China. The emperor was a legalist; he burnt all the books except those on agriculture, divination, forestry and medicine. The Qin Dynasty is well known for beginning the Great Wall of China, which was later extended and enhanced during the Ming Dynasty. The other major contributions of the Qin inclu...
The founder of this dynasty was Liu Bang. This dynasty was divided into the earlier Western Han dynasty and the later Eastern Han dynasty. The Han Dynasty was a period of peace and prosperity as many effective measures were taken by the emperors during their rule.
The turbulent 6 dynasties period of ancient China ran from the end of the Han dynasty in A.D. 220 to the conquest of southern China by the Sui in 589 AD. The 6 dynasties who held power for three and a half centuries were: • Wu (222 AD–280 AD) • Dong (Eastern) Jin (317AD–420 AD) • Liu-Song (420 AD–479 AD) • Nan (Southern) Qi (479 AD–502 AD) • Nan Li...
The Sui Dynasty was a short-lived dynasty running from A.D. 581 to 618 that had its capital at Daxing, which is now Xian.
The Tang Dynasty, following the Sui and preceding the Song Dynasty, was a golden age period that lasted from A.D. 618–907 and is considered the peak point in Chinese civilization.
The period of the five dynasties lasted for only 53 years, from 907 AD to 960 AD. The Five Dynasties comprised a string of dynasties in northern China that succeeded one another from 907 AD to 960 AD. The Five Dynasties were the Later Liang Dynasty, Later Tang Dynasty, Later Jin Dynasty, Later Han Dynasty, and Later Zhou Dynasty. After the death of...
Song dynasty was founded by General Zhao Kuang-yin. This first emperor of the Song dynasty was put on the throne by his own troops in Kaifeng. He slowly reconquered all of China. The cruel custom of binding young girls’ feet to make them small started during this period. It began in the upper classes, and eventually spread to all other classes. It ...
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Ancient China. China is in the eastern part of the Asian continent and since it can be traced back to over 4,000 years, it is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. For many years in its history, China was made up of smaller regions, each one ruled by its own lord.
The focus here is on the rulers, customs, and technology of ancient China. Religions of Ancient China All about the three major philosophy/religion movements of ancient China: Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism. China's First Emperor Shi-huang-di was the first emperor of China. The king of the state of Qin from 246 B.C. to 221 B.C., he ended ...
View FREE Resources. Ancient China History. China is now one of the largest countries of the modern world and has a long history that stretches back over 3000 years.
