Ancient China

The secrets of ancient china. One of the greatest epires in the world \What have they invented 1 China has created many great thing like Gunpowder, paper, printing, and the compass are sometimes called the Four Great Inventions of Ancient China. Kites were first used as a way for the army to signal warnings. Umbrellas were invented for protection from the sun as well as the rain. Chinese doctors knew about certain herbs to help sick people. There are thousands of more great inventions, sadly we wont be able to cover it. The different dynasties 2 Historians typically consider the following dynasties to have unified China proper: the Qin dynasty, the Western Han, the Xin dynasty, the Eastern Han, the Western Jin, the Sui dynasty, the Tang dynasty, the Wu Zhou, the Northern Song, the Yuan dynasty, the Ming dynasty, and the Qing dynasty. here are the dates Shang Dynasty (c.1600-1050 в) Zhou Dynasty (1050-256 BC) Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) Sui Dynasty (581-617)/Tang Dynasty (618-907) Song Dynasty (960-1276) The great wall of china and the economy 3 The great wall of chine The Great Wall of China is the collective name of a series of fortification systems generally built across the historical northern borders of China to protect and consolidate territories of Chinese states and empires against various nomadic groups of the steppe and their polities. "First Emperor Qin Built the Great Wall." After the unification of China in the beginning of theQin Dynasty(221-207 BC),China's First Emperor, Qin Shihuang(you must have heard of his Terracotta Army), linked the walls of the three northern states (Qin, Zhao, and Yan). The economy Economyo Ancient Chinese people traded salt, iron, fish, cattle, and silk. O Silk was traded for goods and services - Silk routeO Through the famous Silk Route, they also traded externally: goods from China could wind up in Greece. Besides silk, the Chinese also exported (sold) teas, sugar, porcelain, and spices. Most of what was traded was expensive luxury goods. This was because it was a long trip and merchants didn't have a lot of room for goods. They imported, or bought, goods like cotton, ivory, wool, gold, and silver. powered by ΡΡΙΚTOCHART