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 * __Geography__**
 * natural bariers somewhat seperated China from others
 * to east lay Yellow Sea, East China Sea, Pacific Ocean
 * mountains and deserts dominante about 2/3 of China
 * to west lay Taklimakan Desert and icy 15,000 foot Plateau of Tibet
 * to southwest Himalayas
 * to north lay Gobi Desert and Mongolian Plateau
 * two major rivers, Yellow and Yangtze


 * __Agriculture__**
 * 10% is uasable for farming
 * __Architecture__**
 * earliest city Anyang, one of the capitals of the Shang dynasty
 * __Culture__**
 * believed anyone outside China was barbarians
 * loyalty to family
 * respected leaders and elders
 * women treated inferior
 * __Government__**
 * dynasties-families ruling for a while
 * __Social Class__**
 * Ruler and warriors
 * normal peasants and farmers
 * __Religion__**
 * family closely related to religion
 * spirits of ancestors brought good fortune or disaster
 * ancestors not regarded as gods only those to respect
 * Shang rulers consulted gods with oracle bones
 * __Writing__**
 * like other languages formed out of drawings and symbols
 * found writing on oracle bones
 * __War__**
 * fought to change dynasties and for rule of country