China's Two Mighty Rivers - north; Huang He, south; Chang Jiang
Huang He-Floods regularly, flows eastward for about 2900 miles,''Yellow River", empties into the yellow sea
Chang Jiang-"The Long River" also known as the Yangtze. Flows about 3400 miles from Tibet to the East China Sea.
Both rivers can flood, destroy buildings, and drown people
Ancient Chinese called the floods "China's Sorrow"
Gobi - desert that sits on a high plateau surrounded by mountains and steppes across the far north of central China
loess - yellow silt
First farmers lived in the Huang He Valley
Steppes- dry, treeless grasslands
Landscape of China; Three Steps. Each Step is lower than the other.
Highest Step is in the West
Lowest Step is in the East
Eastern China has a varied climate .Cold dry winters. Warm rainy summers
Northern China - drier than the south
Southern China - wetter that the north
Ancient China has a short growing season in the Huang He River Valley
Some Chinese farmers used Terrace Farming. Dug Terraces on slopes. Along each terrace's edge, there was a small wall held in water. Rice was planted in these water-filled terraces.
Dialect- way of speaking. Each region of China has a different dialect. This happened because of the distance between cities.
The early Chinese were so isolated that they believed that China was the only civilization. Called the world Tian Xia or all under heaven. They also believed China was the center of All Under Heaven.
Heritage- set of ideas passed down from one generation to another
Legendary Rulers
Huang He-Floods regularly, flows eastward for about 2900 miles,''Yellow River", empties into the yellow sea
Chang Jiang-"The Long River" also known as the Yangtze. Flows about 3400 miles from Tibet to the East China Sea.
Both rivers can flood, destroy buildings, and drown people
Ancient Chinese called the floods "China's Sorrow"
Gobi - desert that sits on a high plateau surrounded by mountains and steppes across the far north of central China
loess - yellow silt
First farmers lived in the Huang He Valley
Steppes- dry, treeless grasslands
Landscape of China; Three Steps. Each Step is lower than the other.
Highest Step is in the West
Lowest Step is in the East
Eastern China has a varied climate .Cold dry winters. Warm rainy summers
Northern China - drier than the south
Southern China - wetter that the north
Ancient China has a short growing season in the Huang He River Valley
Some Chinese farmers used Terrace Farming. Dug Terraces on slopes. Along each terrace's edge, there was a small wall held in water. Rice was planted in these water-filled terraces.
Dialect- way of speaking. Each region of China has a different dialect. This happened because of the distance between cities.
The early Chinese were so isolated that they believed that China was the only civilization. Called the world Tian Xia or all under heaven. They also believed China was the center of All Under Heaven.
Heritage- set of ideas passed down from one generation to another
Legendary Rulers
- Shen Nong - brought agriculture to China, studied herbs to find out which were poisonous and which ones can be used for medicine, said to have invented traditional Chinese medicine
- Huang Di - "Yellow Emperor", ordered the invention of Chinese writing, said to be the inventor of carts, bows, arrows, and houses
- Xilingshi-invented silk cloth, Huang Di's wife
Yu the Great-helped control the floods
Yu the Great began the Xia Dynasty which ruled between 2200 BC and 1766 BC.
Chinese legends tell us not only how people lived but also what they believed and valued.
