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    All About: Formidable First Chinese Dynasties
    All About: Formidable First Chinese Dynasties
    All About: Formidable First Chinese Dynasties
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    All About: Formidable First Chinese Dynasties

    By P S Quick

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    This book, filled with amazing facts and photographs, describes what life was like for people living in ancient China during the periods known as the Mythological, Historical and First Dynasty period of the Imperial era.

    It covers the Xia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty, Qin Dynasty and Han Dynasty with information about the emperors who ruled as well as inventions and achievements in science, technology, engineering, literature, trade and much more.

    An in-depth account is given of everyday life in each dynasty, including the doctrines of the time and the way they influenced the people of the time and their art.

    The ‘All About’ series is an educational collection of books by P S Quick, and is targeted to interest ages 9 to 12+ but will fascinate readers of all ages. At the end of each book there is a quiz section for the reader, featuring 150 questions and answers.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAUK Academic
    Release dateSep 24, 2015
    ISBN9781785382918
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      All About - P S Quick

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      ALL ABOUT

      Formidable First Chinese Dynasties

      P S Quick

      Publisher Information

      Published in 2015 by

      Andrews UK Limited

      www.andrewsuk.com

      The right of P S Quick to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998

      Copyright © 2015 P S Quick

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. Any person who does so may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

      Introduction

      This book, filled with amazing facts and photographs, describes what life was like for people living in ancient China during the periods known as the Mythological, Historical and First Dynasty period of the Imperial era.

      It covers the Xia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty, Qin Dynasty and Han Dynasty with information about the emperors who ruled as well as inventions and achievements in science, technology, engineering, literature, trade and much more.

      An in-depth account is given of everyday life in each dynasty, including the doctrines of the time and the way they influenced the people of the time and their art.

      The ‘All About’ series is an educational collection of books by P S Quick, and is targeted to interest ages 9 to 12+ but will fascinate readers of all ages. At the end of each book there is a quiz section for the reader, featuring 150 questions and answers.

      Ancient China

      The Chinese Civilization was one of the four earliest world civilizations but was very different from the other three. While the other civilizations declined and disappeared, only to be overtaken by new races of people, the culture in China developed into the nation we know as China today. Because this civilization developed differently to the others it is often known as the oldest continuous civilization.

      Although other areas of the world, such as the ‘fertile crescent’ in Mesopotamia, have been given the same name many people also refer to the Yellow River valley area as being the ‘Cradle of Civilization’. This is where the earliest Chinese dynasties were located before the civilization expanded along the Yangtze River and eventually into other vast areas.

      As early as 8000 BC settlers were building small villages and farming the land along the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. The first dynasty to be described in the written texts and historical documents was the Xia Dynasty which was established in the Yellow River area about 2070 BC. However, although controversial, the latest research is suggesting that the origins of the Chinese Civilization could have been two thousand and four hundred years earlier than this in north-eastern China.

      Ancient tribes were living in this area and with the changes in climate the Hongshan tribe began to spread into the wetter areas along the rivers. If this is true they would have brought their traditions and culture with them, influencing the way the Chinese civilization developed. Most people still believe that these northern tribes would only have played a small part in influencing culture.

      During its history China has seen both golden and dark times. There have been periods when it was fragmented into many parts with each ruled by a different king yet also periods when it has been united under one ruler.

      Sometimes these rulers were referred to as kings or Sons of Heaven. To give himself a higher status than these rulers of the Shang and Zhou dynasties Ying Zheng, the king of Qin, gave himself the title of emperor when he united all the states to form the Qin dynasty. This title was then used by every dynasty that followed until the end of China’s last dynasty, the Qing dynasty, in 1912 when the Republic of China was founded.

      Sometimes it is confusing to find that the kings and emperors were known by different names. Each had a family name and a personal name but when he became a ruler the emperor was given a name to represent his position and era he ruled. Sometimes there might be more than one of these but by the Ming dynasty each emperor had only one. An era name or reign name became a way to mark the time when

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