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| Evidence of HomoErectus(1st creature to walk upright) |
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| Culture begins and emerges around rivers |
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| Yellow River/Northern River (Huana HE) |
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| Hand crafted food bowl(human style face, fish, and ritual markings appear), possible religious meanings |
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| "new religion" belief in the spirit world and connecting to it |
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| jade cups with multiple faces on sides, |
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| faces could be spirits, or shamans "alter ego", used to contact spirit world |
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| Jade/ bronze disk with hole in the center |
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| Xia Dynasty (legendary 1st Dynasty), no writing, not much known |
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| Middle Kingdom/1600 BC-ish |
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| people called China the "middle" of a flat, one-sided world |
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| Shang Dynasty (First Historical/ written dynasty) |
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| first ruler of Shang Dynasty (overthrew Xia) |
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| Shang Dynasty was considered the.... |
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| metals used in agricultural tools, weapons, arts and household objects |
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| Bronze Casting process/ Piece mold casting |
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| 1)Make object out of clay 2)Add soft clay around to make "negative impression" 3)Remove SOft Pieces in chunks and re-form mold leaving space for "run-off" 4)Pour in bronze 5) Sand and shape "flashing">bronze run-off |
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| Bronze basket used to cook food on fire (used by Shamans) |
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| wine vessel (used by Shamans) |
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| made animal statues (owls & birds) |
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| develops from pictographs/grams into ideograms/graphs <(symbols rep. ideas) |
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| Shells/ bones written on by Shang shamans whom heated till cracked and then read the cracks to tell future/fortune to others |
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1)feudalism new social structure
2)RISE of ARMIES(not well educated) 3)Kings call themselves "sons of heaven"
4)Iron is used for agriculture and weapons |
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| Based on land ownership, agricultures, and taxation |
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1)TOP-Kings(own all land) {2% of pop.}
2)Suzerians-Dukes/lords(given areas of land & pay taxes to kings)
3)Local Land Governors (run farms & pay suzerians)
4)BOTTOM-Surfs(workers, slaves, peasants, servants & no education){98% of pop.} |
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| Bloodiest wars, greatest enlightenment |
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| Agriculture gets better, food surplus, North Invaders come for food |
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| 1000 BC marks the beginning of.... |
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| YIN & YANG- foundations of explination, positive life/ energy (energy = qi/chi) |
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| Yin and yang are considered to be two universal forces that the Chinese believe for achieving health and a long life. The Chinese believe that the body needs both yin and yang for living a harmonious life. |
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| yin negative force, yang positive |
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| outward movement, felt or experienced, origin of yang, female, cold and dark |
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| Earth, evil, rain, small, broken, moves out |
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| denotes inward movement, expansion, yang grows and flourishes because of yin |
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| male, hot and cold, heaven, good, odd and large, towards the center, solid |
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