Chapter 5 Memory Aid

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Chapter 5 Memory Aid

• Chinas (Z)sorrows
• C Chinas Sorrow a.k.a. Huang He due to erratic
  flooding takes its name from the loess soil
• deposited in it.
• H Hereditary rule was established by Emperor Yu
  and the Xia dynasty
• I Indo-European migrants brought horses,
  chariots, and bronze metallurgy to China c. 2,000
• BCE
• N Next the Shang Dynasty took control of bronze
  metallurgy by controlling access to tin and
• copper
• A Allies allowed the Shang to control the
  region in exchange for bronze tools/weapons and
• agricultural surplus
• S Shang emperors ruled by proclamation and
  used their formidable army and allies to enforce
• their will
• (S)Z Zhou Dynasty develops the concept of
  Mandate of Heaven
• O Only the son of heaven (emperor) ruled by
  being in harmony with the cosmos
• R Rapid production of iron weapons by competing
  states (Qin) led to the decline of the Zhou and
• the Period of Warring States
• R Religion did not play a major role in China -
  no priestly class
• O Oracle bones used to make decisions of war or
  governing (Shang)