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 * moutains 2/3= Huang He and the Chang Jiang
 * Rivers: Yellow and the Yantze
 * Farmland takes up ten percent.
 * desserts
 * plateau
 * mountains
 * ocean, sea
 * isolated= not much trade.
 * Chinas sorrow= Floods
 * isolated with not much trade
 * natural barriers did not protect them completely.
 * ten percent farmland
 * had their own goods, not trading.
 * Shang is the first to leave written documents in 1700-1027 BC.
 * Xia- Yu invented irragation in 2000 BC
 * Zhou- coin $, roads, canals, and blast furnace
 * started off good.
 * then started to get bad weather
 * then started to storm
 * then the ruling family was killed.
 * they do this because they believe that the weather predicts that someone should be kicked out for the dynasty.
 * family --> ancestors-->elder family member-->that you came from
 * Shang De (&lesser gods) polytheistic
 * oracle bones- to predict whats going to happen in your life.
 * ancestors-
 * could give you fortune or bad luck (fathers side of the familys ancestors)
 * each character stands for one unit or language
 * easy to read
 * alot of symbols to memorize
 * elder man in family took care of the property
 * believed in spirits from ancestors
 * bring good fortune
 * consulted gods through ancestors
 * consulted through oracal bones, animal bones and shells of turtles.
 * the first dynasties
 * leader was yu
 * a political system in which nobles or lords are granted the use of lands that legally belong to the king.
 * Nobles
 * military service
 * loyalty