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Logan Tab Updated 1/2/23
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Est. a long time ago
Maps
(Not all are 100% Accurate)
Maps
East Asia
1600BCE-0
1-900
South and Southeast Asia
The places
Abrahamic Religions
1st- Judaism
Early Hebrews:
Pastoral nomads (shepherds) who spoke the ancient Hebrew language
Occupied the lands between Egypt and Mesopotamia during the 2000’s BCE
Had values, customs, and deities similar to that of Mesopotamian peoples
Abraham (Abram)
Some Hebrews settled in Mesopotamian cities (this includes the family of Abraham, which means patriarch or father
Abraham came from the city of Ur, but migrated north to Haran sometime around 2000 BCE.
According to scriptures, god made a covenant
or sacred agreement with Abraham
2nd- Christianity
3rd- Islam
East Asia
China
Society in ancient China
Most honored positions were
The Ruling Family
Noble Families
Peasants provide
Agriculture
Military
Labor
Slaves
Did hard labor
Were war prisoners
Society similar to feudalism.
Upper classes (aristocrats and ruling family) give land to peasants for them to farm and give food back in return.
Family at the center, most important
Ancestor veneration
Believed that the dead can intervene on human affairs
Eventually incorperated into Confucianism
Patriarchal
Mandate of Heaven
Family that obtains the Mandate becomes the ruling family (dynasty
If the ruling dynasty becomes corrupt, Mandate sends warnings
Earthquakes
Floods
Insurgence
Mandate passes to new family once the previous one becomes corrupt
Pre-Shang (-c. 1500BCE)
Developed in isolation along the Yellow River
(not confirmed) Xia dynasty came first
Shang Dynasty (c. 1500BCE -1027BCE)
1st official dynasty of China
Warlike kings and wealthy aristocrats ruled
Cities surrounded by big earthen walls
Zhou Dynasty (1027BCE-221BCE)
Chinese Historian Sima Qian Claims that the Zhou King obtained the Mandate of Heaven
Family that obtains the Mandate becomes the ruling family (dynasty
If the ruling dynasty becomes corrupt, Mandate sends warnings
Earthquakes
Floods
Insurgence
Mandate passes to new family once the previous one becomes corrupt
Warring States Period (403BCE-221BCE)
2 centuries of political confusion and violence fought for rule of China
Regional Princes
Ignored Central Government
Strengthened their own states
Fought with one another for control
3 new schools of thought came out of this
Legalism
Emphasis on the development of the state
Ruthless
Ends justify the means
Role of Law
Strict law
Severe punishment
Principle of collective responsibility
Ended the Warring States Period
Confucianism
Based on the teachings of Confucius
Followers of Confucius made the analects
Focus on life not afterlife
Patriarchal
Ordering of human relations
Son to Father
Wife to Husband
Subject to Emperor
Stresses the importance of family
REN
Kindness
Courtesy
Respect
Diligence
Loyalty
LI
Propriety
Behaving in the proper way
“The Golden Rule”
XIAO
Filial Piety
Junzi- People that have Ren, Li, and Xiao
Meant to restore balance in a sense
Daoism/Taoism
“The Way”
critics of Confucianism
passivism
living according to the natural laws of the universe
Doctrine of Wuwei
Attempts to control the universe leads to chaos
Disengagement
Acts selflessly in harmony with nature
Influenced art (landscape paintings) and literature (poetry)
Balance and harmony (Yin and Yang) dark and light, water and fire, etc.
Qin Dynasty (221BCE-206BCE)
Rule under Shi Huangdi
Legalist
Emphasis on the development of the state
Ruthless
Ends justify the means
Role of Law
Strict law
Severe punishment
Principle of collective responsibility
Rat on your neighbor
Ended the Warring States Period
Power gets centralized
Began the construction of the “Great Wall” to keep out northern invaders
Created uniform system of
Weights
Measurements
Currency
Standardized written Chinese
Persecuted Confucianists and tried to rid of Confucian ideology
Brutal legalist policies and Shi Huangdi’s death caused the Qin dynasty to collapse
Han Dynasty (206BCE- 220CE)
Retained the centralized features of the Qin
Confucianist (less brutal than legalism)
Based on the teachings of Confucius
Followers of Confucius made the analects
Focus on life not afterlife
Patriarchal
Ordering of human relations
Son to Father
Wife to Husband
Subject to Emperor
Stresses the importance of family
REN
Kindness
Courtesy
Respect
Diligence
Loyalty
LI
Propriety
Behaving in the proper way
“The Golden Rule”
XIAO
Filial Piety
Junzi- People that have Ren, Li, and Xiao
Meant to restore balance in a sense
Not as brutal as the Qin
More mild
Han Emperor Wudi (141BCE-87BCE)
Established an imperial academy
trains government officials
based on Confucian philosophy
Civil service exam ensures that officials were qualified
Peasants that pass lower level ones become part of a new class, the merit-based scholar class
lasted until the early 1900’s
lasted until the early 1900’s
Increased taxes to fund public works
Technological developments
Iron metallurgy
Increased food production
better weapons and tools
Cultivation of Silkworms
Sericulture techniques
Breeding
Diet
Basically established the silk roads
Development of paper
More usage of paper instead of bamboo and fabric
Crossbow trigger
Horse collar
Ship rudder
Expanded long-distance trade (silk roads)
traded with Europe (Roman Empire)
Protected travelers along the routes
Expanded the reach of the Chinese Empire
Korea
Vietnam
Central Asia
Xiongnu (nomads that would attack China)
Assimilated people from other regions into Chinese culture and society
Collapsed in 220CE
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