Yellow River Civilization
-Shang people needed walled cities because they were constantly waging war
-Rich people lived in timber framed houses in the walls, poor lived outside the walls in huts
-Yellow River got its name from the deposits of yellowish loess--nicknamed China's Sorrow because it can flood and destroy villages
-The civilization had limited trade early on because of its isolation
-Only 10% of China's land is suitable for farming
-Yellow river was the mother river
-Important because it provides the local population with drinking water, and without the river the grasslands would shrink and animals couldn't graze
-Supplies about 12% of present day China's population with water
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