LibGuides: Ancient China: Ancient China

General Web Sites

Ancient China for Kids

British Museum

This great website is an interactive from the British Museum. You can explore via a theme or click on the globe at the bottom of the picture to take you to an A-Z list of topics. You find Ancient China at the top of the list!

Here you can explore a Chinese tomb, ancient Chinese crafts, silk and early writing.

Warfare

Military Technology
The Song Period
China Crossbow

Everyday Life

Death and Funerary Rites

Ancient Tombs

Fiction set in Ancient China

Lady of Ch'Iao Kuo by Kathryn Lasky; Laurence Yep
Call Number: MF ROY
Year of the Tiger by Alison Lloyd
Call Number: MF LLO
Tangshan Tigers by Dan Lee
Call Number: MF LEE
Battle of the Jade Horse by Alison Lloyd
Call Number: MF LLO
Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson
Call Number: MF WIL

Books in our Library on Ancient China

Ancient China by Neil D. Bramwell
Call Number: 931 BRA
ISBN: 9780766051843
The Ancient History of China by Sheila Hollihan-Elliot; Jianwei Wang (Editor)
Call Number: 931 HOL
The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China by Geoffrey Barker
Call Number: 931 BAR
Ancient China by Natalie M. Rosinsky; Kathleen Baxter (Contribution by); Timothy J. Griffin (Contribution by); Hanchao Lu (Consultant Editor); Robert L. McConnell (Contribution by)
Call Number: 931 ROS
ISBN: 0756545781
Ancient China by Liz Sonneborn
Call Number: 931 SON
ISBN: 0531259765
30-Second Ancient China by Yijie Zhuang
Call Number: 931 ZHU
ISBN: 1782402705
Ancient China by Jane Shuter
Call Number: 931 SHU
ISBN: 1403460019
Imperial China Six Centuries of All-Powerful Dynasties by Matthew Williams
Call Number: 931 WIL
Life in Ancient China by Paul C. Challen; Paul Challen
Call Number: 931 CHA
ISBN: 0778720675
The History of Modern China by Zhiyue Bo; Jianwei Wang (Editor)
Call Number: 951 BO
ISBN: 1422221628
Confucius by Wendy Conklin; Gisela Lee
Call Number: 931 CON
The Shang Dynasty by George Cottrell
Call Number: 931 COT

For Teachers

Humanities Alive 7 by Robert Darlington et al.
Call Number: 300 DAR
ISBN: 9780730372837
Publication Date: 2020
China: A simulation of Chung Kuo, the world's most ancient civilization
Call Number: 951 SAR
History 7: The Ancient World by Joanna Clyne
Call Number: 930 HIS
Investigating Global History
Call Number: 909 INV
SOSE Alive 1
Call Number: 300.7 SOS
SOSE Worksheets for Multiple Intelligences
Call Number: 300.76 YOU
Cambridge humanities and social sciences for Queensland. 7 by Kathleen Collin
Call Number: 300.712 COL
ISBN: 9781009042048
Publication Date: 2021

Crash Course: Ancient China

Geography of China

The video and link below will give you an overview of the geography of China and how it affected the history of China.

Travel China Guide

Lessons from ABC Splash

Shi Huangdi

Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor

The Emperor who Burned Books

China unearths ruined palace near terracotta army

Will we see inside the tomb?

Take a look at this video from Awesome Stories.

There is a National Geographic show in 5 parts on Youtube. It is called Secrets of the First Emperor and the first part is here. You will be able to locate the others yourself.

The First Emperor of China and his life and accomplishments are the subject of this 8:25 min long video. A very good overview with many insights into the forces that moulded him.