Chinese gods: A Song Dynasty statue of Guanyin (ca. 1100s AD) When did Chinese religion start? People prayed to many different gods in ancient China. Some of these gods have [...]
What is tao? A Later portrait of Lao Tzu Lao Tzu: What is Tao? Taoism is a philosophy or way of life. A man named Lao Tzu (or Lao Tsu) may [...]
Chinese history: The Yangtze River, China When did people first come to China? Modern humans first came to China from Central Asia and/or India about 50,000 BC. These were Stone Age [...]
To review and make sure you know the basics of the history of China, try playing this Chinese History Bingo game. Copy the board onto a piece of notebook paper, and let [...]
Top plan of a kid's room (thanks to SmartDraw) There aren't any standing buildings left from the Shang Dynasty, so we know about Shang Dynasty architecture mainly from top plans. These [...]
Great Wall of China The emperors of the very short Qin Dynasty, about 200 BC, united China under their rule. To show how powerful they were, the Qin emperors ordered [...]
Use a Pringles can for the cardboard tube Your eyes, and the eyes of many other animals and insects, work the same way as a pinhole camera. Building your own [...]
A Samnite man cutting the bronze pins off a newly poured lost wax statue. This is the only ancient image of lost wax casting; it's from Pompeii, about 400 BC. [...]
History of clay: Clay on a potter's wheel What is clay? Clay is very fine particles of dirt which float in a stream or river and then sink to the [...]
History of houses: Sibudu Cave, South Africa, from the Stone Age Living in caves The first people lived without any kind of shelter, huddling under trees when it rained. They [...]
