Big Ideas
The fabric that China specialized in creating that is made by little wormy guys that eat mulberries.
What is silk?
What are murbers? Murders? Killz?
What is Confuscianism?
This one is fake (probably) and had Yu the Engineer as an emperor.
What is the Xia dynasty?
The Mandate of Heaven was used to justify this guy's job.
Who is the emperor?
Emperor Qin Shihunagdi had a bunch of statues made to look like these guys to guard his tomb.
What are soldiers? What are terracotta soldiers? What is an army?
This relgion came to China from the Silk Road from India.
What is Buddhism?
This one was founded by Qin Shihuangdi and just lasted through his lifetime but got a lot done (through military violence, but still).
What is the Qin dynasty?
What is war? (or What are fight fights? or What are battles?)
Li Bai, Tang dynasty poet, wrote peems about this drink he was fond of, as well as the moon.
What is wine?
The religion/philosophy that involves li, ren, and filial piety (among other things).
What is Confuscianism?
The Shang dynasty had this technology develop which makes historians' jobs a bit easier.
What is a writing system?
This series of trade routes brought new ideas, goods, and money both in and out of China and connected China with the Byzantine Empire, India, Africa, and beyond.
What is the Silk Road?
Empress Wu is unique because she was the only one of these.
What is a lady emperor? What is a solo ruling empress?
What is Daoism/Taoism?
Confuscius, Taoism, and Sun Tzu come out of this dynasty which be split into two chunks of time (one of which was more stabby and the emperor had limited power over the states during it).
What is the Zhou dynasty?
Agriculture developed early in China because of the fertile soil surrounding this river.
What is the Yellow River?
Writer of the Art of War.
Who is Sun Tzu?
The religion/philosophy that is based around ending suffering and achieving enlightement.
What is Buddhism?
This dynasty is honestly the most forgetable and doesn't even last that long. They set up some good government stuff for the more interesting Tang dynasty though.
What is the Sui dynasty?