shang Flashcards
1
Q
where
A
huang he
yangtze
2
Q
flooding
A
unpredictablly
3
Q
barriers
A
protected and isolated by himalayans and gobi desert
WALLED CITIES
4
Q
revolutions
A
from within
5
Q
trade
A
rarely until the silk roads
6
Q
ar=griculture
A
barely 10 % arable
-mainly rice
7
Q
social structure
A
the peasants are higher than artisans and merchants b/c they produce food
8
Q
ruled by
A
emperors
9
Q
writing
A
oracle bones
pictographs
10
Q
inventions
A
silk
-bronze refinery
-casting iron tech
standardize coins
11
Q
what d=gives the emperor the right to rule
A
The Mandate of Heaven
12
Q
whats the The Mandate of Heaven
A
says that the right to govern is obtained by god.
you can lose it when anything happens
13
Q
religion
A
animism
polytheism
ancestor veneration
