1. HISTORY 历史 li shi

2. What is History? • History is the study of the past • It looks at things that have happened, and why • Because this happened, this happened

3. The Four Great Chinese Inventions四大发明sìdàfāmíng • Compass 指南车zhǐnánchē • Gunpowder火药huǒyào • Paper纸zhǐ • Printing印刷术yìnshuāshù

4. COMPASS

5. GUN POWDER

6. PAPER

7. PRINTING PRESS

9. Chinese Dynasties • Most of Chinese history take place in a thing called a ‘Dynasty’ • A Dynasty is a family that rules for many years • There are 13 major Dynasties in Chinese history

10. Ancient History • 历史久远 • lìshǐjiǔyuǎn • ancienthistory • China is one of the oldest places in the world

12. Xia Dynasty夏朝

13. Xia Dynasty 2100-1600 BC

14. Xia Dynasty • The Xia Dynasty was in a small area of land

16. Shang Dynasty 商朝

17. Shang Dynasty 1600-1046 BC

18. Shang Dynasty 商朝 • The Shang Dynasty moved out from where the Xia Dynasty started • The Shang began using Oracle Bones to make the first Chinese characters

20. Zhou Dynasty周朝

21. Zhou Dynasty 1046-256 BC

22. Zhou Dynasty周朝 • The Zhou Dynasty began to live by the Yellow River • Their Capital was Xi’an • They went as far south as the Yangtze River

23. Spring and Autumn Period春秋時代 • After the Zhou Dynasty the Spring and Autumn Period Began • Confucianism and Taoism begin • The Capital is moved to Luoyang

25. Qin Dynasty秦朝

26. Qin Dynasty 221-206 BC

27. Qin Dynasty秦朝 • The Qin began the Great Wall • They began to write down laws, and set down a common written language • They had common currency (money) and standard weights and measurements

29. Han Dynasty汉朝

30. Han Dynasty 206 BC-220 AD

31. Han Dynasty汉朝 • First meeting with the West because of the Silk Road

32. Xia Dynasty夏朝

33. Shang Dynasty 商朝

34. Zhou Dynasty周朝

35. Qin Dynasty秦朝

36. Han Dynasty汉朝

37. Modern History • 近代史 • jìndàishǐ • History that is not as old, but still old

39. Three Kingdoms三国 Sānguó

40. Three Kingdoms 220-280

41. The Three Kingdoms三國 • Bloodiest part of Chinese History • Lots of wars • Battle of Red Cliffs

43. Jin Dynasty晋朝 Jìncháo

44. Jin Dynasty 265-420

45. Jin Dynasty晋朝 • Peace after war

47. North & South Dynasty 北和南朝

48. North & South Dynasty 420-581

49. North & South Dynasty 南北朝 • Times of civil war • Lots of art