China

= ﻿C hina = = __Physical Features__ __and Climate__ = = China is the biggest contury in East Aisa. China is also the most popular, population of over 1.3 billion. China is bordered by India and Central China. In 2200 BC 13.55 million people. China was one of the areas in the world where man was making great progress thousands of years ago. And with that, also with Egypt, Mesopotamia, and India, China has been called one of the cradles of civilization. The earliest developments in China took place in Hwang Ho about 3,500 years ago. A few years later, stories about China spread around the world. Hearing about riches of the land, some people went to raid parts of China. At about 300 B.C, the Chinese built walls in the North to help keep out invaders. Over the years, these walls were rebuilt and expanded until they finally became the Great Wall of China. In China, there have also been reports of "bigfoot" or "Yeren" meaning Wildman. It has been menchend that in Ancient Chinese literary works and folk legends include references to big hairy man like creatures which live in the vast forests of the Quinling Bashan Shennongjia, a mountain region of central China. =  Image credit:google.com (This is a Red Panda) Image credit: schools-wikipedia.org

= __**Values and Beliefs**__ = = The culture of china is one of the world`s oldest religion`s. It is assumed that China excisted 500 to 500,000 years ago.The culture of china can be important to people that lived 500,000 years ago. =

= __**Use of the Environment**__ =
 * They used the mountains to bury there dead emperors. They used the dessert to keep invaders out and the river for transportation. The top of the mountains have snow even in the summer. The whole area is very cold. It can get as cold as -40 F, but in the summer, it can get as hot as 100 F. In China, most of the people spent there time farming for the last 10,000 years. They mostly farmed and still do farm weat and rice. **

__**Social Needs**__ = Education: In ancient China, most of their time was spent memorizing chinese script, which took a lot of time to master. = = Entertainment: In ancient China, many of the youth would play a game that was similar to soccer. = = Beauty Tips: Many women enjoyed wearing pieces of jewellery that were made of gold. The most valuable gem at the time was Jade, although it was something that only the richest people like nobles and kings could afford. Jade is still regarded as a highly valuable gem to the Chinese even today. = = Art: Wooden sculptures of human figures that were created in 3rd or 4th century BC are among the earliest known figures in Chinese art. =

__**Government**__

**Early chinese civilizations were ruled by a series of emperors from different dynasties that were from royal families; therefore, ancient China was a monarchy although it seemed to be more like a dictatorship in which the people had very little say in the laws by which they were bound. Government in ancient China was based on the Confucian model, which meant that the best ruler was a virtuous man who ruled by example. ([])**

**Ancient China was sometimes united under one dynasty, but often it was controlled by competing dynasties in different regions. It was important to have a strong central government in early China because of its resources, large areas and large populations. When a regional dynasty would become dominant, its king would become the emperor. ([])**

**Shih Haung Ti became the first emperor in 221 B.C. when he established the Ch'in Dynasty. Other notable dynasties were:**
 * **Chou Dynasty (1040 B.C. - 256 B.C.)**
 * **Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 220 A.D.)**
 * **Tang Dynasty (618 A.D. - 906 A.D.)**

china makes very pretty buildings. //Terra Cotta warrior (Guardians of China's first Emperor)// Flickr Creative Commons image (Kevin H.) **http://tinyurl.com/3vus56j**

__**Scientific and Technological Advances**__
 * The ancient Chinese made many inventions, including The Four Great Inventions of Ancient China: papermakng, the compass, gunpowder, and printing, (both woodblock and movable type) **** The top ten Ancient Chinese inventions are alcohol, mechanical clock, tea production, silk, iron and smelting, porcelain, the compass, gun powder, movable-type printing, and paper making. I will tell you about 4 of the 10. #10 Alcohol. The first alcohol makers (in legend) were 2 men, Yi Di and Du Kang of the Xi Dynasty. Which was about 2000 B.C - 1600 B.C. #9 Mechanical Clock. We all use the mechanical clock today. According to historical time, the worlds first clock was created by a buddhist monk named Yi Xing in the Tang Dynasty. (618 B.C - 907 B.C) #8 Tea Production. Chinese legend goes that the first person to drink tea was Chinese Emperor Shen Nong around 2700 B.C. #7 Silk. Silkworms naturally created silk, but the Chinese invented how to harvest the silk and use it in clothes and paper thousands of years ago. The oldest silk (found in Henan Province) was about 3,630 B.C. To read all of them, click **

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