ANTH 111 Lecture Notes - Sima Qian, Qin Shi Huang, Qin Dynasty
Early Chinese Civilization
Agriculture developed independently--millet and rice
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Early farming villages
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Lung-shan Culture
Located in the Yellow River Valley
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By about 5000 years ago, this culture shows evidence of emerging
complexity including elite rulers and monumental architecture such
as stamped earth walls
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Construction method--hang-t'u (build buildings, tombs…)
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Shang Civilization - The first historic, urban civilization in northern
China--not the first social civilizations, just the first urban civilization
Very stratified
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Shang Bronze Work--very well known for their bronze work (Shang
dynasty perfected the bronze vessels)
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Writing - Shang oracle bones
The writing wasn’t used for economic transactions but more
for a form of telling the future
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Scapulimancy- a process of divining the future in which the
scapulae of animals are burned. The pattern of breakage is
"read" by a diviner--oxen, turtle shells,…, perishable materials
(unlikely to preserve)
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Images of Shang royal burials located near Anyang, China
Status difference is through burials
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Higher graves are lavishly furnished--they had sacrificial victims with
them
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The Terracotta Army (not a Shang Dynasty, a Ying Dynasty)
Terracotta baked clay
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In 221 B.C. Ying Zheng (Qin Shihuang) unified China
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Standardized currency, weights and measures, standardized written
language
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Made a large networks of roads
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Civilization of Ancient China (pg. 414-423)
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Document Summary
By about 5000 years ago, this culture shows evidence of emerging complexity including elite rulers and monumental architecture such as stamped earth walls. Shang civilization - the first historic, urban civilization in northern. China--not the first social civilizations, just the first urban civilization. Shang bronze work--very well known for their bronze work (shang dynasty perfected the bronze vessels) The writing wasn"t used for economic transactions but more for a form of telling the future. Scapulimancy- a process of divining the future in which the scapulae of animals are burned. read by a diviner--oxen, turtle shells, , perishable materials (unlikely to preserve) Images of shang royal burials located near anyang, china. Higher graves are lavishly furnished--they had sacrificial victims with them. The terracotta army (not a shang dynasty, a ying dynasty) Standardized currency, weights and measures, standardized written language. Joined separate walls he created 300 km (early form of the great.
