Ancient history week 3a
- 2. After the Tower of Babel, some of the people crossed over the mountains into China. Because of the difficulty of the trip, many did not cross over after them.
- 4. The group of people married among themselves and became a strong race. The Chinese culture is one of the oldest pure ancient civilizations that exists.
- 7. Because it was isolated from the rest of the world, they have a very distinct culture of art, writing, music and living.
- 9. The Chinese ruled by dynasties. It is a family who obtains powers and keeps it, sometimes for centuries.
- 10. One of the first dynasties was the Xia Dynasty. They ruled for 400-500 years.
- 11. The next ruling dynasty was the Shang Dynasty. A lot more is known about them.
- 12. They started written language—very different from ours.
- 13. They had 50,000 characters in their alphabet! Can you imagine singing that song?
- 14. They used bronze and had horses to drive chariots.
- 15. They began the making of silk after finding the silkworm.
- 16. They kept this silk secret for over 3,000 years. They used this secret for trading with other countries.
- 18. In the ancient times, people built Ziggurats as temples and places of worship.
- 19. In Egypt, there was a king named Khufu. He decided to build a pyramid.
- 20. A pyramid was the size of 10 football fields and as tall as a 40 story building.
- 21. Most were built along the Nile River.
- 22. It was a monumental accomplishment to build the first Great Pyramids. It took lots of work by many, many people.
- 23. The Pyramids are one of the 7 wonders of the world today!
- 24. The Kings and Queens built these pyramids because they didn’t understand the afterlife.
- 25. They believed they needed to preserve themselves as best as possible at death in order to experience a good afterlife.
- 26. They “took” many possessions with them including slaves and animals!
- 28. The Pyramids had burial chambers for the kings and their treasures
- 29. Inside the pyramids were small chambers for the bodies. Secret passages led there to reduce the chance of robbery