Kat+China

 __ China __

__Geography __ 
 * To the east lay the Yellow Sea[[image:http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/2696/YellowSea.A2002043.0240.500m.jpg width="157" height="131"]], the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean
 * Mountains ranges and deserts dominate about two thirds of China's land mass
 * Two major river systems, The huang (also known as the Yellow River) it is found in the north
 * In central China is the Chang Jiang (also called Yangtze)

__Environmental Challenges__


 * The Huang
 * Floods could be disastrous
 * devoured whole villages
 * nickname China's Sorrow
 * Because of China's relative geographic isolation,early settlers had to supply their own goods rather than trading with outside people
 * China's natural boundaries did not completely protect these settlers from outsiders
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Invasions from the west and noth occured again and again in Chinese history
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">only 10% of china's land is suitable for farming

__The Development of Chinese Culture__

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 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">People who livied outside og chinese civilizaton were barbarians
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Their own name for China was "The Middle Kingdom"

__Family__

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 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">The most important virtue was respect for ones parents
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Woman were treated as inferiors
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">When a girl was between 13 and 16 years old marrage was arranged

__<span style="font-size: 150%; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Social Class __

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 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Shang society was sharply divided between nobles and peasants
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Warrior-nobles headed by a king governed the Shang

__<span style="font-size: 150%; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Religious Beliefs __

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 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Family was closely linked to religion
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Spirits of family acestors had the power to bring good fortune or disaster to living members of the family
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Weren't mighty gods
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Shang Di & lesser gods
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Polytheistic
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Oracle bones[[image:http://csymbol.com/images/calligraphy/oracle01s.jpg width="87" height="85"]]

<span style="font-size: 150%; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Dynasties


 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Shang
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">First to leave writen documents
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Xia
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Yu
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">irigation
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Zhou

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