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• Lasted for more than 400 years from 2070 to 1600 BCE


  Xia dynasty
• According to legend the Xia Dynasty was the first dynasty of the Ancient Chinese 


  Xia dynasty
• A sequence of rulers from the same family that rules a country

  Dynasty
• King or most powerful ruler of dynasty

  Emperor
• he was the first ruler of the Xia dynasty

  Yu The Great
• He is best remembered for his battle against flooding

  Yu The Great
• Another story states that the God of Rivers gave Yu a map so that he was able to create his first flood-control plan.
• the Shang family was able to take advantage of jie’s weakness and overthrew the Xia dynasty
• The Chinese belief that the gods picked the emperor to rule but the gods could also remove a bad emperor from power

  Mandate of Heaven
• A philosophy that was concerned with ensuring social order and good government

  Confucianism
• A philosophy that stressed the importance of nature. By living naturally, harmony could be achieved

  Taoism
• People are evil nature, strict laws and violent punishments are needed to keep order

  Legalism
• A Han dynasty emperor who set up grain reserves throughout the empire to control prices during supply and demand changes

  Wudi
• A Qin dynasty emperor who ordered the construction of the Great Wall of China

  Shi Huangdi
• Is the practice of inserting needles into the skin to cure disease or relieve pain. This practice is still widely used today.

  Acupuncture
• A trade route that extends from china to Rome that goods and ideas are transferred along.

  The Silk Road