Ancient China
- Geography
- Himalayas
o “The Roof of the World”
o Tibet - Plateau
o Kunlun Shan Mountains
- Altai Mountains / Gobi Desert
o North West
o North East
o Mongolia
- Huang He River
o Kunlun Shan Mountains – 3,000 mi to a delta at the Yellow Sea
o Muddiest River – although starts out very clear
o Ordos Desert – Big curve around (Mongols camped out)
o Loess (Les) – Yellow wind blown silt
o Flooding / Farming
§ Gives and takes lives
§ Levees – mud banks; Canals – good but became clogged w/loess
§ Farming was successful, population increased
o Civilizations
- Steppe
o North of Huang He
o Dry, treeless plain
o Herding of sheep on horseback
- Dynasties
o Xia, Zhou, Confucius, Shihuangdi, Han
- Xia (shyah), Shang
- Zhou (joh)
- Confucius
- Liu Bang
o Han Gaozu (hahn gow zoo)
o Wudi (woo dee)
- Qin (chin), Shihuangdi
o Clay Army
- Confucius
o Buddhism
- Trade / Farming
o Silk
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