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Ancient China Video Guide Quick Timeline: Warring States (480-221 BCE) Qin (=Ch’in) "China" – 1st Emperor, Shi Huangdi (221-206 BCE) Han Dynasty (same time as Rome) (-206 to +220) Song Dynasty (960-) Mongols (1200s) Video Questions Ancient Inventions: 1) What was the Clock by Su Song (= ‘I Sing’ 1088) used for? Does it use an ‘escapement’? 2) What powerful material for weapons did Chinese alchemists invent? 3) An Ancient Chinese ‘biological weapon’?
Shi Huangdi, 1st Emperor of China 4) What weapons did the Zhou (=Chou) rely on? 5) How does Shi Huangdi (=Chin) consolidate the "Warring States"?
The Great Wall 6) How Long is the Great Wall, approximately? Why don’t we know for sure? 7) Why was it built? (more than one answer)
The Tomb & Terra Cotta Soldiers 8) Why hasn’t the huge mound/tomb of Shi Huangdi been excavated? 9) What was found next to his tomb mound? 10) What are some of the many things Shi Huangdi does as Emperor? 11) What does he do concerning writing? 12) When scholars criticize him, what does he do? 13) What happens to this 1st dynasty of Ch’in (=Qin)? How long did it last? 14) Why does the Great Wall fail to protect against the Mongols? (1200s) 15) Why does the Wall ‘recede into obscurity’ during their rule?
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