1. After the Tower of Babel, some people crossed mountains into China and became isolated, developing a distinct culture over thousands of years. 2. Early Chinese dynasties included the Xia Dynasty who ruled for 400-500 years and the Shang Dynasty, about whom more is known. 3. The ancient Egyptians built pyramids, like the Great Pyramids, as monuments for their kings' burials to help them in the afterlife, taking treasures and possessions with them.

1. Ancient History- Week 3

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