Ancient+China

 **Who's Who in Ancient China** **10,000-1500 BCE** || **[|Xia(Hsia)]** || **[|Lungshan people, the great engineers]** || **[|Shang]** [|Oracle Bones (Shang)]** [|Ancestor Worship] Chariots, bowmen, great royal hunts, bronze candlesticks, feudal lords, jade carvings, Chinese writing (pictographs), [|calligraphy]** ||  || 200 CE** || **Late Chou** [|Building the Great WallFirst Emperor (Qin)] || **[|Confucius]& [|Taoism](Chou) [|Silk Road](Han) Central government, public schools, mirrors, oil lamps, fancy shoes, fireplaces, window frames with colored glass, marble staircases [|Chinese New Year] & [|Lantern Festival]** dynasties ** || **[|Hu the Tiger](who reminds me of Jaba the Hut in Star Wars!) Invention of gunpowder Tea! (Confucius probably never tasted tea, and it really didn't become popular until T'ang times, but this era is when it first started to be enjoyed.)** ||
 *  Time Period ||  Dynasty  ||  Quick Glimpse  ||
 * **[|Early]**
 * Silk, potters wheel, baked brick houses, flood control, irrigation** ||
 * [|**Bronze Age**]
 * 1500-600 BCE**
 * [|Chou(Zhou)]** ||  || [[image:http://china.mrdonn.org/china01s.gif width="112" height="113"]] || **Rich Nobles & Poor Farmers
 * [|Mandate of Heaven (Chou)]
 * **Classical Age**
 * 600 BCE-
 * [|Ch'in(Qin)]**
 * [|Han]** ||  || [[image:http://china.mrdonn.org/china08s.gif width="205" height="108"]]
 * [|Chinese Zodiac]** ||  ||
 * **[|Age of Division]**
 * 200-600 CE** || [[image:http://china.mrdonn.org/java1a.gif width="32" height="32"]]
 * A bunch of
 * **Early Medieval Period**
 * 600-900 CE** || **[|T'ang]** ||  ||  The Golden Age!
 * Furniture, ceramics, spoons, amber, turquoise, gold, silver, goblets, teacups, sports, games, music, dancing, even a kind of football, and a neat form of air-conditioning. Fancy hats, silk robes, jade belts, [|Buddhism]**
 * [|Tea was used as barter with areas in Mongolia for horses]in an exchange called the "Tea and Horse" Policy.** ||  ||
 * **CHINA** ||  || **[|OTHER KEY TOPICS]** ||