Yellow River
- Northern border of China
- supports people today as well as back then
- yellow clay "loess"
- 3000 miles long empties into pacific ocean
- The river was very prone to floods
- great food producing areas 10 percent of land in china is suitable for farming
- Couldn't sell and trade very well because of mountains. self sufficient
- Cradle of Chinese civilization
- many gods
- women couldn't own property
- Shang King, city of Anyang
- Separate territories
- Family was very important, father was the head
- chose marriages and occupations of children
- Didn't have a written language for a very long period of time
- Yin was the capitol of the Shang Dynasty
- river was very useful to city
- Shang, a walled city to protect from attacks
Emperors and Kingdoms
- Started out on rivers
- Indus River, none known
- China Yellow River, First known dynasty is the Xia. known for black pottery
- Shang dynasty, most known. well known for bronze work. Human sacrifices, brother to younger brother
- Western Zhou Father son kingdom passing
- Eastern Zhou relocated when western Zhou was attacked
- Mesopotamia, river had high banks
- Babylon nation and dynasty, Hammurabi
- Hammurabi created Babylon empire, didn't last long, he died
- Neo Babylonia empire, taken over by Roman Empire
- Egypt, pharaohs were buried in pyramids easy to rob
- Middle kingdom was the golden age, arts trade and literature flourished, hidden tombs
- The new kingdom, expansion period became a world power buried in the valley of kings
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