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Early China
• The Chinese lived in isolation from the rest of the world
• Middle Kingdom
• Less break between RVC and Classical in China
Partner Discussion
• Given what we have learned with the previous three RVCs, what might you conclude the Yellow River’s flooding led the Chinese to do?
Four Thousand Years of Civilization• Chinese civilization
• Many Technologies
Shang Religion • The Shang were polytheistic
• Ancestor Veneration• Significance
• Harmonious Connection Between Humans and Nature
The Zhou Dynasty c.1046–256 B.C.E
• Overthrow of the Shang 1046 B.C.E.
• Zhou Dynasty–Claim Mandate
of Heaven–What is this???
Discussion Question
•What do you suspect the increased power of the regional rulers meant for the Zhou Dynasty?
Science and Technology
• By about 2000 B.C.E • Tools • Well Developed… • Military Technology:– Horses– Fortifications