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Ancient Civilization - Chinese2
Ancient Civilization - Chinese2
Civilization
Consolidated by:
Mrs. Lorna C. Aban
Center for Natural Sciences
School of Health and Natural Sciences
Chinese Civilization
• Considered to be the oldest
civilization in Asia
• Also known as the middle
kingdom, located on the far east
Asia
• Not a great amount was written
Reference: McNamara, D. J., Valverde, V. M., & Beleno, R.
about the ancient China partly due (2018) Science, Technology, and Society. C & E Publishing, Inc.
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to its distance from the other https://www.ancient.eu/image/4980/yuantong-temple/
civilizations
Silk
• It is one of the things that connected Far
East China to the world.
• Although silk is naturally produced by
silkworms, the Chinese were the ones
who developed the technology to harvest
the silk and process it to produce paper
and clothing.
• Silk production resulted in the creation of
a product for trade, making way for McNamara, D. J., Valverde, V. M., & Beleno, R. (2018)
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exchange. http://www.historyshistories.com/china-silk-road-
activity.html
Tea Production
• Tea is a beverage produced by pouring
hot or boiling water over crushed or
shredded dried tea leaves
• Tea production was developed when an
unknown Chinese inventor created a Shennong (Chinese: 神农), whose
name means the Divine Farmer -- and
machine that was able to shred tea who is considered as the ancient
leaves into strips. Chinese Father of Agriculture, is
honored with the discovery of tea.
• This production may have resulted in McNamara, D. J., Valverde, V. M., & Beleno, R.
making tea as one of the most popular (2018) Science, Technology, and Society. C & E
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http://www.china.org.cn/learning_chinese/Chines
beverages in the world today. e_tea/2011-07/15/content_22999489.htm
Great wall of China
• Once considered the only man-made
structure that could be seen from outer
space
• It is said to be the largest and most
extensive infrastructure that the nation
built. originally conceived by Emperor Qin Shi
• Constructed to keep out foreign invaders Huang in the third century B.C.
The best-known and best-preserved section
and control the borders of China. of the Great Wall was built in the 14th
through 17th centuries A.D., during the
• Made with stone, brick, wood, earth, and Ming dynasty
other materials, it showcased the extent of McNamara, D. J., Valverde, V. M., & Beleno, R. (2018)
Chinese engineering technology at that Science, Technology, and Society. C & E Publishing, Inc.
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time. https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-china/great-wall-
of-china
Gunpowder
• Originally, it was developed by Chinese
alchemists who aimed to achieve
immortality.
• They mixed charcoal, sulfur, and
potassium nitrate, but instead of creating
an elixir of life, they accidentally
invented a black powder that could gunpowder is also used in
fireworks during important
actually generate large amounts of heat celebrations in China
and gas in an instant.
• gunpowder is widely used to propel McNamara, D. J., Valverde, V. M., & Beleno,
R. (2018) Science, Technology, and Society. C
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