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The walls of China’s first cities were built
4,000 years ago. This was at least 1,000
years after the walls of Ur, the great
pyramids of Egypt, and the planned cities
of the Indus Valley were built. Unlike the
other three river valley civilizations, the
civilization that began along one of
China’s river systems continues to thrive
today.
The Geography of the Indian Subcontinent
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The North
China Plain, is
China’s
heartland.
Huang He
Yangtze
Two
major river
systems.
Only about 10
percent of China’s
land is suitable for
farming.
Natural
barriers isolated
ancient China.
Environmental
Challenges
Floods
Invasions
selfsufficient
The Geography of China
The Geography of the Indian Subcontinent
Civilization Emerges in Shang Times
Peasants
lived outside
the city
Shang
Dynasty!
1700-1027 BC
First
dynasty to
leave written
records
Good
Organization
Wars
Mainly
wood
Anyang
was the oldest
and most
important city
Walls
Gods
were consulted
through the use of
oracle bones.
Spirits had
the power to bring
good fortune or
disaster.
Society was
sharply divided
between nobles and
peasants.
Religious beliefs.!
Family was closely
linked to religion.
Middle Kingdom
Family is central to
Chinese society
Women
were treated as
inferiors.
The group is more
important than the
individual.
Between
1500-10,000
characters.
Developed a
writing in which each
character stands for
one syllable.
The Development of Chinese Culture
People
could learn the
same system of
writing.
The Geography of the Indian Subcontinent
Cast iron was
developed.
Dynastic cycle
Coined money
was introduced
Roads and
canals were built.
Improvements in
Technology and Trade.
Mandate of Heaven
Zhou rule
brought new ideas
to Chinese
civilization.
Control Through
feudalism.
Local
lords became less
dependent on the
king.
A Period of Warring
States.
Traditional
values collapsed.
Zhou and the Dynastic Cycle
S U M M A R I Z I N G
Natural barriers
isolated ancient
China.
Only about 10
percent of China’s
land is suitable for
farming.
They faced
environmental
Challenges
First dynasty to
leave written
records was the
Shang Dynasty
They builded a
society in which the
group is more
important than the
individual.
The Zhou rule
brought new
ideas to Chinese
civilization.
Among them
Feudalism and
the concept of
Mandate of
Heaven
During a period of
Warring States the
traditional values
collapsed.