Yellow RIver -
Intro - large river flwing from central to eastern china
- supporting hundreds of civilizations and still supports people today
Geography -
- named after yellow clay, loess
- also refered to as Huang He river in china
- 3000 miles long
- begins in central china
- empties in bohai sea which is part of the pacific ocean
What people did with Yellow River
- used to flood, so many people died
- or people died from drowning
- good food producing areas
- couldn't sell or trade as much because of mountains
- grow own crops and livestock
Culture
- "cradle of chinese civililization
- believed in supernatural powers, asked gods for something that they needed
- woman couldn't own property
- leader was Shang King
- warlords were military leaders that ruled over separate territories.
- family most important thing in culture
- father was head - arranged marriages and chose jobs.
- rituals were performed by men
- didnt have a written language for a very long period of time
Cities and States that emerged
- the river ran through, Xia, Shang, and Tang Dynasties
- Shang was walled - to protect from attacks
Emperors and Kingdoms -
No government a long time ago, just emperors and kingdom
Indus River -Not any kingdoms ect.
Xia Dynasty - first known dynasty of the cinese area along the yellow river
- little is known about it no writing remains
- xia was know for black pottery
Shang - the most known dynastys in China
- liked human sacrifice
- famous for creating objects out of bronze
Western Zhou - father to son kingdom passing
- didnt rule all of what was them china
Eastern Zhou - western had to relocate so became this
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