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This is a helpful website that is designed for kids so it is easy to understand. It gives some basic background information and explains very well the beliefs and values of Taoism.

This website had good explanations and information on Taoism that went straight to the point and so it made it very easy to understand.

I think this website of The Great Wall Of China is really good for kids becuase it tells us about the Great Wall and how the emperor who came to power.

Here's a good website for gunpowder!

Fireworks Like the idea of zero, gunpowder developed gradually over time. In 142 AD, during the Han Dynasty, a man named Wei Boyang was the first to write anything about gunpowder. He wrote about a mixture of three powders that would "fly and dance" violently.

Fireworks Like the idea of zero, gunpowder developed gradually over time. In 142 AD, during the Han Dynasty, a man named Wei Boyang was the first to write anything about gunpowder. He wrote about a mixture of three powders that would "fly and dance" violently.

Buddha from Western China, ca. 450 AD Buddhism first came to China from India around 500 AD, spreading through Central Asia along the Silk Road. A Buddhist artist carved this wooden Buddha in Western China, on the Silk Road, before Buddhism really reached central China.

A simple explanation of Buddhism

This website is easy to understand, and explains different points of Buddhism in a simple way.

This website told me a lot about Confcius. It helped me heaps with Focus Question One. Try it out if you're doing Confucianism!!

Bureaucracy: To control his people, First Emperor Qin developed a system of bureaucracy. He divided his empire into 36 provinces. Each province was divided into districts. He put two government officials in charge of each province. It was their job to put strong people in charge of each district.

This is a good site with easy-to-understand information. My class used the Ancient Greek one last year.

For thousands of years, the ancient Chinese thought they were pretty much alone on the planet Earth. They knew there were people to the north, - the Mongols - but they did not know that other advanced ancient civilizations existed anywhere else.