Early China Civilization Presentation
Today
Huānyíng
How can people live together in harmony?
How did Confucius see it ?
- Examples of current strong Centralized Governments
- China
- Russia
- Cuba
- Example of a Decentralized Government
- USA
- honest
- upright
- conscientious
- charitable
- loving in all their relationships
What did Siddhartha offer?
Or welcome to Early China
- From India
- Buddhism
- suffering caused because people too concerned with themselves/focusing on physical world
- seek to free themselves through meditation
What did Han Feizi think?
- thought all people were selfish/greedy
- rulers be ruthless/strong
- strict laws
To make a civilization takes many key elements. Early China had them all. Such as central government, organized religion, organized commerce, arts and culture, knowledge transfer, technological innovation, social structure, and public works. We are going to touch base on some of China's personal key components.
What about Laozi?
- studying nature
- opposed to rules and customs
- alchemists
Personal Freedoms in Ancient Chinese Civilization
How Geography Effects a Civilization.
Freedom
of Justice
Freedom
of Assembly
Linear Public Spaces
No central squares
Shrines
Only Open Spaces only used for periodic
events
Worldwide Index of Human Freedoms
Freedom of Religion
Tang Dynasty
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Speech
8 Personal Freedoms
- Geography has a very important role in civilization
- It highly impacts on the food industry
- Can affect battles or war
- Affects the make up of a Civilization
- Can change transportation
Emperor Taizu
Song Dynasty
Zàijiàn
Freedom of Association
Freedom of Economic Choice
356 BC
Qin
Freedom of Women's Rights
Freedom of Movement
-Travel, Work and Study was restricted in Early China
In early China, women were considered less valuable than men.
-'Huji' system, Xia Dynasty
Or Goodbye.
-Death upon baby girls
-Wealthy boys attended school
Today in China, women have the right to vote, own property and work.
Thank you for listening and we hope that you have learned a little bit from our presentation.
We leave you today with a quote from Early China,
"Every battle is won before it is fought." - Sun Tzu
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Drawbacks
- Shi Huangdi was hated because...
- Peasants were forced to work like slaves on public works
- Nobles lost all of their power and land
- He hated Confucianism and tried to get rid of it and it's scholars
- He believed in Legalism and thought that everybody was meant to serve him
- Shi Huangdi was always fearing of being overrun or killed because he knew he was hated so he...
- Was always moving around in disguise
- Never slept in the same bed
- He even had one of his own sons executed in fear of being killed by him
- Peasants were required and forced by the emperor to...
- Pay taxes
- Provide free labour for public works
- Fight for the army
- Shi Huangdi used Central Government to...
- Start a better trade system by Standardizing...
- Currency
- Weights
- Other measurements
Meanings of Features of Civilization
-The early Chinese cared a lot about the Social Structure from the lowest ranking, farmers, to the highest Emperor.
-Technological Innovation is about making life better, and easier. For the early Chinese they made wheels with rocks, then made wheels with wood.
-For Central Government it's like the
boss of everything, they create laws, rules, for citizens.
-Organized Commerce is all about raiding, and systems of trading.
-Art and Culture is very important, because people from the next generation and the next will learn the history and will past it on.
-Organized Religion, most important features of all. It's a part of government that create guides for the citizens.
What is a Civilization ?
A civilization is defined as an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been reached. Their are many different aspects of a healthy civilization such as a strong economy, different laws, and many food resources.
Successful civilization could be separated in to eight general parts. Each part is very important to the chinese government and its people.These parts include an organized religion, art and culture, organized commerce, central government, knowledge transfer, technological, public works, and social structure.
China's Geography
How Does A Centralized Government Help A Civilization Advance?
The First Emperor of Ancient China
How do we know if a Civilization has begun??
- Early China had many helpful geographical features
- these features consist of the mountain ranges, The Tibetan Plateau, deserts, an ocean, and jungles
- Early China's one weak point was in the north where there were the steppes
- The grassy plains were easily acessable by invaders
- The first emperor of China was named Shi Huangdi
- He was a very strong single leader
- He took over and became emperor by force and war
- When he became emperor he...
- Created 36 districts
- He redistributed land by...
- Taking away the nobles' power and land put them in a city where he could keep a eye on them
- He gave each peasant family...
- Land to make a living and pay taxes
- He appointed his own loyal officials to govern each district instead
- He checked on these officials regularly to...
- make sure they weren't plotting against him
RZ
Build A Wall
- One of Shi Huangdi's best achievements was the great wall
- He built this wall to...
- Keep other people from raiding his empire's goods and perhaps weakening his power
- In future dynasties, it also served as a good barrier for wars against other empires
- He built it by forcing 500,000 peasants to work on it
- We Canadians did something similar too, we built a railway that stretches across Canada
Thanks For Listening
References
Pathways Textbook