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Geography- -east-yellow sea, east china sea -west- Taklimakun desert, icy plateu, tibet -southwest-himalyas -north-gobi desert, mongolian plateu mountains and desert= 2/3 of china

rivers- huang he-yellow river chang jiang-yangtze

civilizations- first cities-200 bc first dynasty-xia dynasty shany dynasty-1700 bc-1027 bc enviromental challenges- huang he's flood settlers had to supply own food natural barriors didnt completely protect

cities- anyang-oldest and most important shang dynasty. built of wod. higher class-timber framed houses. peasants lived in huts

culture- family-respect your parents elder man contrtolled propert womand were inferiors. girl 13-16 marriage was arranged nobles owned land



reliogion-spirits of family brought good fortune or diaster oracle bones-ananimous bones or shells which priests asked questions to

writing- chacter was one sllyable 10000 charachters

zhou dynastic cycle- 1027 bc zhou overthrew shang pattern of rise decline and replacement of dynastys mandate to heaven- divene ruler has just approval. the gods command