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Mind Map by Heloise Varnava, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Heloise Varnava
about 10 years ago
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Ancient China
- Geography
- China called
themselves the
middle kingdom
- grasslands
- subtropical rainforests
- deserts
- mountainous terrain
- North East to Europe
- in Asia
- North East to Europe
- North West to Australia
- Rivers
- Yellow River
- known as the cradle of Chinese civilisation
- provided ancient China with rich soils
- provided ancient China with rich soils
- known as the cradle of Chinese civilisation
- Yangtzee River
- Yellow River
- Their Geographical isolation
was advantageous for wars
- barriers
- Gobi Desert
- Himalayas
- Tibetan plateu
- Great Wall of China
- East, North and yellow sea
- Gobi Desert
- barriers
- China called
themselves the
middle kingdom
- Society
- Emperor
- Mandarin Scholars
- Peasants
- Artsians
- Merchants
- Slaves
- treated inhumanely
- treated inhumanely
- despised, could be rich
- Slaves
- Merchants
- farmers, very honourable
- Artsians
- Peasants
- considered a god
- Qin Shi Huangdi
- feared the intellectals
- murdered 400 scholars
- responsible for the death of 2 million slaves and artsians
- burned any books that contradicted his beliefs
- murdered 400 scholars
- feared the intellectals
- blamed for bad harvest,
natural disasters, huge tax
- responsible for miilitary, his peoples
wellbeing and creator of all laws
- head of a dynasty
- Dynasty is family thatt rules over china
- Dynasty is family thatt rules over china
- Mandarin Scholars
- Women
- inferior to men
- head of domestic duties
- regulations on how they could act
- the richer the women
the less respected
- foot binded
- inferior to men
- the more contributed
to society the more
respected you were
- Emperor
- Legacy
- Inventions
- paper
- crossbows
- tea
- silk
- seismograph
- tea
- Compass
- Alcohol
- porcelin
- paper
- Qin Shi Huangdi
- written script
- Terracotta Warriors
- Great Wall Of China
- weight & measurement
scale
- written script
- Confucinism
- both are still
practised today
- Daoism
- Daoism
- both are still
practised today
- Art of War by Sun Tzu
- Inventions
- Beliefs and values
- Polythesitic
- Buddhsim
- suffering was caused by desire
- could reach nirvana through the 8 fold path
- suffering was caused by desire
- Buddhsim
- Confucianism
- Women were inferior to men
- family values
- education = life
- Women were inferior to men
- Daoism
- Oracle Bones
- wrote down
question on bone
- heated
rock until
it cracked
- read cracks
- read cracks
- heated
rock until
it cracked
- wrote down
question on bone
- Ancestors
- Made offerrings
- shrines
- shrines
- Made offerrings
- death
- believed in an afterlife
- burial very important
- burial very important
- mummification took placed
- concubines and
servants could
be buried with
teh emperoro
- believed in an afterlife
- Polythesitic
- Government and Law
- Punishments
- Major crime=execution
- usually buried alive
- usually buried alive
- whipped with bamboo stick
- dismembered
- flaying
- Ling Chi
- Exile
- Major crime=execution
- After the first emperor
unified China he created
a government system
that lasted for 2k
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- Emperor was the dictator
- created all rules
- enforced punishments
- created all rules
- Punishments
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