Ancient China

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Ancient China
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Ancient Chinese Geography

• Yellow River (Huang He)
• Yangtze River
• Isolation The Middle Kingdom
• Geographic Physical Diversity

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Neolithic China
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Shang Dynasty

• 1700 BCE 1027 BCE
• Anyang
• Emperors and Aristocracy
• Province based government
• Society
• Religious Beliefs (oracle bones and veneration of
  ancestors)
• Bronze casting
• Writing calligraphy

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Oracle Bones
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Shang Bronze Artifacts
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Zhou Dynasty

• 1027 BCE 256 BCE
• Mandate of Heaven
• Dynastic Cycle
• Feudalism
• Economy
• Achievements
• End of Zhou

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Mandate of Heaven
This character represents the connection between
heaven (at the top) and the earth (at the
bottom). This relationship is mediated by the
lord or emperor (the center horizontal line).
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