ANIMAL BONES THAT ANIMAL BONES THAT CHINESE PRIESTS AND CHINESE PRIESTS AND

EMPERORS USED TO EMPERORS USED TO FORETELL SPECIFIC FORETELL SPECIFIC

QUESTIONSQUESTIONS

ORACLE ORACLE BONESBONES

THE MIDDLE THE MIDDLE KINGDOM KINGDOM

WHERE CHINESE WHERE CHINESE CULTURE BEGANCULTURE BEGAN

ZHONG GUOZHONG GUO

THE YELLOW SOIL THAT THE YELLOW SOIL THAT ENRICHED THE YELLOW ENRICHED THE YELLOW

RIVER VALLEY AFTER RIVER VALLEY AFTER FLOODSFLOODS

LOESSLOESS

THIS DESERT PROTECTED THIS DESERT PROTECTED CHINA FROM BEING CHINA FROM BEING INVADED FROM THE INVADED FROM THE

NORTHNORTH

GOBI DESERTGOBI DESERT

A FORM OF A FORM OF WRITING USED WRITING USED

BY THE CHINESEBY THE CHINESE

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THE MYTHICAL FIGURE THE MYTHICAL FIGURE THOUGHT TO HAVE THOUGHT TO HAVE

FOUND CHINA’S FIRST FOUND CHINA’S FIRST DYNASTYDYNASTY

YU THE GREATYU THE GREAT

EARLY CHINESE EARLY CHINESE CIVILIZATION STARTED CIVILIZATION STARTED

NEAR THIS RIVERNEAR THIS RIVER

HUANG HE RIVERHUANG HE RIVER (YELLOW RIVER) (YELLOW RIVER)

TWO RIVERS ON THE TWO RIVERS ON THE NORTHERN CHINESE NORTHERN CHINESE

PLAINPLAIN

CHANG JIANG RIVER CHANG JIANG RIVER (YANGTZE RIVER)(YANGTZE RIVER)XI JIANG RIVERXI JIANG RIVER

THE FIRST RECORDED THE FIRST RECORDED CHINESE DYNASTYCHINESE DYNASTY

SHANG DYNASTYSHANG DYNASTY

THE ANCIENT CHINESE THE ANCIENT CHINESE CAPITAL CITYCAPITAL CITY

ANYANGANYANG

THE SECOND RECORDED THE SECOND RECORDED CHINESE DYNASTYCHINESE DYNASTY

ZHOU DYNASTYZHOU DYNASTY

HE OVERTHREW THE HE OVERTHREW THE SHANG DYNASTY AND SHANG DYNASTY AND FOUNDED THE ZHOU FOUNDED THE ZHOU

DYNASTYDYNASTY

WU

THE AUTHORITY TO THE AUTHORITY TO RULE FROM HEAVENRULE FROM HEAVEN

MANDATEMANDATE

NAME SIX NAME SIX CHARACTERISITCS OF CHARACTERISITCS OF

MOST ANCIENT MOST ANCIENT CIVILIZATION CIVILIZATION

BUILT NEAR RIVERSBUILT NEAR RIVERSRULED BY DYNASTIESRULED BY DYNASTIES

BELIEVED IN POLYTHEISMBELIEVED IN POLYTHEISMWERE FARMERSWERE FARMERS

USED SYMBOLS FOR WRITINGUSED SYMBOLS FOR WRITINGHAD STRICT LAWSHAD STRICT LAWS