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In the historical documentary. "Engineering an Empire: China" produced by the History Channel, the video explores geography, achievements, and politics. Some of the achievements in china were the Great Wall of China which was made so invaders would stay away; the Great Wall of China was made 2,000 years ago and stretched nearly 6,000 miles. Another achievement in china was the great Grand Canal. The Grand Canal was like an engine of culture development, it made trade easier. The Grand Canal took in fact 5 million workers and 6 years to build. There was only 1 empire that survived for 4,000 years, China. By the third century B.C. there was one kingdom that emerged the most powerful and most brut lest. They were called the Qin. In 247 B.C. there was a new ruler named Yang Chain, He was a thirteen year old boy, his mother wanted to kill him because she found a new lover with 2 new boys who she wanted to be the ruler of Qin. I learned a lot of things about China during this video, it was very interesting. 1. Taklimakan Desert located in western china at 105,000 feet remains very intact 2. Gobi desert 1000, miles from east to west it is 500,000 square feet most of the soil is removed from the wind and there’s lots of sand and wind storms 3. Plateau of Tibet some of the peeks are as a high as 26,000 feet 4. Himalayas you cant live there and some of the animals graze there the mountain range go there paxison Indian napaul and china 5. Mt. Everest center of him and borders china and na plau tallest peek 29,000 6. East China Sea part of the pacific ocean 200,900 s//quare miles// //7. South China Sea 848,000 miles// 8. Yellow Sea part of the pacific ocean connects with east china sea 9. Nu River during dry winter months its very slow moving and narrow and shrinks during summer when the snow comes off the mountains the river floods the river around it in 1938 made the river go in south to stall the Japanese from invading 10. North China Plain most of it is 150 feet below sea level 11. Yunnan Plateau 12. Yangzi River used for transportation for east and west trade and its 3,450, miles long A. Kunlun Mountains, Mt. Everest, jm b. Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, and Mongolia.

** Confucianism ****, Buddhism, and Daoism (Taoism)** **For each philosophy take notes and include the following:** · > **big ideas**, whose teachings have deeply influenced East Asia for centuries. Living in the Spring and Autumn period (a time when feudal states fought against each other), he was convinced of his ability to restore the world's order, though failed. After much travelling around China to promote his ideas among rulers, he eventually became involved in teaching disciples. His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, and justice and sincerity. Used since then as the imperial orthodoxy, Confucius' thoughts have been developed into a vast and complete philosophical system known in the west as Confucianism. [|Discovery of Tea] 1. For how many years have the Chinese been drinking tea? 4,000 years. 2. How was tea first used in China? Medicine. 3. In what dynasty did drinking tea become popular? During the Sui and Tang // dynasties. //  [|Chinese Inventions]4. What year was the new invention of paper presented to the emperor? 105 AD. 5. What did the Chinese use to make paper? Made out of agarve plant fibers. 6. When did the Chinese invent moveable type? 1045~1058 7. How many characters does the Chinese have in it? Generally under 50 8. When did the Chinese invent gun powder? 1000 A.D 9. What did the Chinese use to make gun powder? Made by combining saltpetre and sulphur with charcoal. 10. What weapons did the Chinese use gun powder for? Fireworks. 11. When were the first magnetic compasses used by Chinese ships? 19th century [|The Tang Dynasty]12. What year did the golden age of the Tang Dynasty begin? 600 CE-900 13. How could a poor person in the Tang Dynasty get a job working for the government? Try to get in higher ranking. 14. How many people lived in the capital of the Tang? estimate that nearly a million //people// 15. How did Buddhism get to China? It's assumed that Buddhism spread along the network of trade routes between northern India and China 16. What were the Three Doctrines of the Tang Dynasty? Buddhism, Confuscianism, Taoism [|The Song Dynasty]17. What is the period of the Song Dynasty sometimes referred to as? //Song period// Nanxi 18. Who visited China during the Song Dynasty? Tansen Sen asserts that more Buddhist monks from India traveled to //China during the Song// than in the previous //Tang Dynasty// (618–907). **...** 19. [|When did the Song Dynasty rule China?][|1132] 20. What was the Song Dynasty the first government to do? It was the //first government// in world history to issue banknotes or paper money [|Confucianism]21. What does Confucianism stress? 22. What is Confucianism? **Confucianism** is a Chinese ethical and philosophical system developed from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher [|Confucius]. 23. What is a social code of behavior? is a code of behavior that delineates expectations for [|social behavior] according to contemporary [|conventional] [|norms] within a [|society], [|social class], or [|group]. The French word //[|étiquette]//, literally signifying tag or label first appeared in English around 1750.[|[1]] 24. What did the social code of Confucianism honor? is a code of behavior that delineates expectations for [|social behavior] according to contemporary [|conventional] [|norms] within a [|society], [|social class], or [|group]. The French word //[|étiquette]//, literally signifying tag or label first appeared in English around 1750.[|[1]] [|Buddhism] 25. What did Siddhartha want to understand? According to the story, he was protected by his father the king, because dad didn't want him to be disturbed or upset by anything which might make him seek a spiritual path. Dad wanted him to be king, not a spiritual teache 26. What does "the Buddha" mean? the founder of Buddhism. 27. Why do Buddhists look within themselves? //Buddhists look within themselves// to find their ease, and //do// not look to a "god" to provide for them in any way. 28. What is karma? When you do something it reflects on what you did. 29. How many Buddhists are there in the world today? 9.6 million. [|The Four Noble Truths]30. Describe the Four Noble Truths in your own words. [|The Great Wall of China] 31. When was the Great Wall of China built? 221 B.C - 206 B.C 32. What was the purpose of the Great Wall? Many reasons but mainly to keep invaders out. 33. How long is the Great Wall? statistics show that the total length would exceed 50000 kilometers(31000 miles). 34. About how many men died working on the wall? Thousands. 35. What happened to the peasants who died while working on the wall? (You'll have to scroll down a bit to find this one.) [|Genghis Khan] 36. What other names has Genghis Khan been called? Borjigin (Боржигин), and Hoelun 37. What empire did Genghis Khan establish? Mongol nation [|Kublai Khan]
 * **What is it? A way of behaving, so you’ll do the right things. ** Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to Insight into the true nature of life. Buddhist practices such as meditation are means of changing oneself in order to develop the qualities of awareness, kindness, and wisdom. The experience developed within the Buddhist tradition over thousands of years has created an incomparable resource for all those who wish to follow a path. Dao, then, is the Way, as in direction, as in manner, source, destination, purpose and process. In discovering and exploring Dao the process and the destination are one and the same. Laozi describes a Daoist as the one who sees simplicity in the complicated and achieves greatness in little things. He or she is dedicated to discovering the dance of the cosmos in the passing of each season as well as the passing of each precious moment in our lives.
 * **How did it begin?** // Confucianism // is a religion or way of life that started in ancient China. Buddhism began as an offspring of Hinduism in the country of India. The founder was Siddhartha Gautama. It is not easy to give an accurate historical account of the life of Gautama, since no biography was recorded until hundreds of years after his death. Today, much of his life story is clouded in myths and legends which arose after his death. Even the best historians of our day have several different--and even contradictory--accounts of Gautama's life . The Dao that can be described is not the eternal Dao." So begins the //Daodejing// of Laozi written som"e 2,500 years ago. How then, to describe the indescribable? How to fit into words that which is beyond words? The Dao can only be pointed to, or referred to, say the ancient sages. It cannot be held, only experienced. It cannot be touched, only felt. It cannot be seen, only glimpsed with the inner eye.
 * **Who is the main person? Confucius **
 * ** What was their story? **The hero of our story is Prince Siddhartha, the Buddha-to-be, who lived more than 2,500 years ago. His father was the Rajah of the Sakya clan, King Suddhodana, and his mother was Queen Maha Maya. They lived in India, in a city called Kapilavatthu, in the foothills of the Himalayas
 * ** Story of Confucius ** ||
 * Confucius (551-479 B. C.) is remembered by Chinese of all levels of life for various reasons. One noticeable one is his approach to education. he stimulated his students to think by posing questions. He also maintained that the molding of the personality was of prime importance in education, and everything else followed from this. Thus, if the tales told after him have any truth in them, he tailored his methods to each student's needs. ||
 * **of the How did it effect China's government? (examples)**
 * **Which dynasty followed the philosophy?**** Confucius ** was a famous thinker and social philosopher of China **What are the philosophy**
 * **Which dynasty followed the philosophy?**** Confucius ** was a famous thinker and social philosopher of China **What are the philosophy**
 * **Find a quote that shows the big idea of the philosophy** **and then explain its meaning.**