MSM Year 8 Ancient China

This website has some useful information in it and it tells you all the different cities The Great Wall of China went through, which was handy for me. Not only does the website have information about The Great Wall of China, but other features of China.

This website is AMAZING it has loads of information in it!!!

This is a FANTASTIC source, thanks Charlotte!

This only has a little information on legalism but i found this website useful but it may not be useful to all

good information even though it is wikipedia

answers questions on tourism, history, significance and heaps more!

This youtube vid is great for general understanding of legalism :)

Really good for basic understanding of legalism

I thought this website was really good for the Great Wall Of China. It was useful because it had most of my topics i have been trying to get the information from.

Good info on Confucianism if you need any!

You actually have to have a Brisbane City Council library card to log into Encyclopaedia Britannica online. If you go to the council website, click (under facilities and recreation) lbrary catalog, then click search e-libcat, and go into databases, encyclopaedias, Encyclopaedia Britannica online and type in your library card number you can access this site.

Invention of Fireworks Many people associate fireworks with Independence Day, but their original use was in New Year's celebrations. Do you know how fireworks were invented? Legend tells of a Chinese cook who accidentally spilled saltpeter into a cooking fire, producing an interesting flame. Saltpeter, an ingredient in gunpowder, was used as a flavoring salt sometimes.

Invention of Fireworks Many people associate fireworks with Independence Day, but their original use was in New Year's celebrations. Do you know how fireworks were invented? Legend tells of a Chinese cook who accidentally spilled saltpeter into a cooking fire, producing an interesting flame. Saltpeter, an ingredient in gunpowder, was used as a flavoring salt sometimes.

The History of the Chinese Kite The kite is widely recognized as having originated in China. For this reason, one can safely say that the origin of the Chinese kite is synonymous with the origin of the kite, period.

This is good website if anybody is doing Porcelain.

Thank you, this has helped with further research with my paragraphs.

Confucianism information :)

Although Confucianism has originated from the teachings of the Chinese sage, Confucius, Confucianism is not based solely on the teaching of Confucius himself. It is a collection of philosophies and superstition including those from other philosophers. The impact of Confucianism in China and East Asia is remarkable and many of the teachings are still being used today.

i found this really helpful

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Awesome for any inventions!

This website helped me to answer many of my inquiry questions

Visible from Space, The Great Wall of China is the largest man-made feature on the planet, however, contrary to popular legend (and according to astronauts Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell and Jim Irwin) it is not visible from the moon.The Great Wall is 6' 700 kilometers in length, running east to west and crossing five provinces.

Great information on Gunpowder

Papermaking, gunpowder, printing and the compass are four ancient inventions by Chinese people that have had a huge impact on the entire world. Paper Making The invention of paper greatly contributed to the spread and development of civilization.

A good website for legalism it has many different points including; Legalism starts with the basic idea that human nature is selfish and anti-social.

See, also, China: A Legal History. It was both the spirit and the intent of Han Fei's legalism, as it came, from time to time, to dominate Chinese law, that punishment for all crimes would be harsh and universal.